Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 811
... , and while we are waiting it is wise to be hopeful of the future ; for expectation is often a kind of prophecy , and to believe in the possibility of Copyright , by Hamilton W. Mabie . 815 doing the best things in the best way is in.
... , and while we are waiting it is wise to be hopeful of the future ; for expectation is often a kind of prophecy , and to believe in the possibility of Copyright , by Hamilton W. Mabie . 815 doing the best things in the best way is in.
Page 812
... things in the best way is in itself a kind of preparation . To say that literature in this country , to the close of this century , is the product of an old race is not to charge it with lack of first - hand insight and force , but to ...
... things in the best way is in itself a kind of preparation . To say that literature in this country , to the close of this century , is the product of an old race is not to charge it with lack of first - hand insight and force , but to ...
Page 817
... things which do not add to one's estate , but which make for inward joy and peace ; in that easy possession of the world which brings with it the sense of freedom , the right to be happy , and the faith that life is greater than its ...
... things which do not add to one's estate , but which make for inward joy and peace ; in that easy possession of the world which brings with it the sense of freedom , the right to be happy , and the faith that life is greater than its ...
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... things of its own life . In religion , in the social consciousness , in public life , there were stirrings of conscience which revealed a deepening life of the spirit among the new people . The age of provincialism , of submission to ...
... things of its own life . In religion , in the social consciousness , in public life , there were stirrings of conscience which revealed a deepening life of the spirit among the new people . The age of provincialism , of submission to ...
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... things , is the exclusive property of the man of genius , and is his only in his most fortunate hours . man can command this consummate bloom on human speech ; it lies on his work as it lies on the fields , because the creative spirit ...
... things , is the exclusive property of the man of genius , and is his only in his most fortunate hours . man can command this consummate bloom on human speech ; it lies on his work as it lies on the fields , because the creative spirit ...
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