Representative EssaysGeorge Haven Putnam G. P. Putnam's sons, 1908 - 395 sivua |
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... political partisanship , which , both from moving amongst moving things and uncertainties , as compared with the more stationary aspects of moral philosophy , and also from its more fluctuating and fiery passions , must unavoidably ...
... political partisanship , which , both from moving amongst moving things and uncertainties , as compared with the more stationary aspects of moral philosophy , and also from its more fluctuating and fiery passions , must unavoidably ...
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... time ; and the converse . The periodic or compensating errors of the planets is another in- The influences of climate and soil in political history stance . are another . The cold climate invigorates . The barren 60 RALPH WALDO EMERSON .
... time ; and the converse . The periodic or compensating errors of the planets is another in- The influences of climate and soil in political history stance . are another . The cold climate invigorates . The barren 60 RALPH WALDO EMERSON .
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... political , religious — has wonderfully yielded ; the iron force of exclusion of all which is new has wonderfully yielded . The danger now is , not that people should obstinately refuse to allow anything but their old routine to pass ...
... political , religious — has wonderfully yielded ; the iron force of exclusion of all which is new has wonderfully yielded . The danger now is , not that people should obstinately refuse to allow anything but their old routine to pass ...
Sivu 101
... political organization , or whether it is a religious organization , oppose with might and main the tendency to this or that political and religious organization , or to games and athletic exercises , or to wealth and industrialism ...
... political organization , or whether it is a religious organization , oppose with might and main the tendency to this or that political and religious organization , or to games and athletic exercises , or to wealth and industrialism ...
Sivu 103
... political battles , we have not carried our main points , we have not stopped our adversaries ' advance , we have ... politics ; in the social sphere , free trade , unrestricted competition , and the making of large industrial fortunes ...
... political battles , we have not carried our main points , we have not stopped our adversaries ' advance , we have ... politics ; in the social sphere , free trade , unrestricted competition , and the making of large industrial fortunes ...
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Sivu 289 - High instincts, before which our mortal nature Doth tremble like a guilty thing surprised." There will remain " Those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day,— Are yet the master-light of all our seeing,— Uphold us, cherish, and have power to
Sivu 118 - and known in the world current everywhere ; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light, where they may use ideas, as it uses them itself, freely, — nourished, and not bound by them. This is the social idea ; and the men of culture are the
Sivu 118 - with ready-made judgments and watchwords. It seeks to do away with classes ; to make the best that has been taught and known in the world current everywhere ; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light, where they may use ideas, as it uses them itself, freely, — nourished, and not bound by them.
Sivu 117 - condemn neither way ; but culture works differently. It does not try to teach down to the level of inferior classes ; it does not try to win them for this or that sect of its own, with ready-made judgments and watchwords. It seeks to do away with classes ; to make the best that has been
Sivu 72 - The human soul is true to these facts in the painting of fable, of history, of law, of proverbs, of conversation. It finds a tongue in literature unawares. Thus the Greeks called Jupiter, Supreme Mind ; but having traditionally ascribed to him many base actions, they involuntarily made amends to reason, by tying
Sivu 7 - brought to an excellent passe, notwithstanding that it never came unto the type of perfection until the time of Queen Elizabeth, wherein John Jewell, Bishop of Sarum, John Fox, and sundrie learned and excellent writers, have fully accomplished the ornature of the same, to their great praise and immortal commendation.
Sivu 78 - to a common want. It is best to pay in your land a skilful gardener, or to buy good-sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor, goodsense applied to navigation ; in the house, good-sense applied to cooking, sewing, serving; in your agent, good-sense applied to accounts and affairs. So do you multiply your presence, or spread yourself throughout your estate.
Sivu 105 - itself on all sides, and aspiring with all its organs after sweetness, light, and perfection ! Another newspaper, representing, like the Nonconformist, one of the religious organizations of this country, was a short time ago giving an account of the crowd at Epsom on the Derby day, and of all the vice and hideousness which
Sivu 75 - and it shall be given you. — He that watereth shall be watered himself. — What will you have? quoth God; pay for it and take it. — Nothing venture, nothing have. — Thou shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done, no more, no less. — Who doth not work shall not eat. — Harm watch, harm catch. — Curses always recoil on the head of him