Modern Eloquence, Volume 2Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1901 |
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... mean that other men held that they were wise , but that he knew that he knew nothing . Con- fucius had already affirmed this of himself and what we call the Golden Rule of Jesus , Confucius had uttered in the same terms , five hundred ...
... mean that other men held that they were wise , but that he knew that he knew nothing . Con- fucius had already affirmed this of himself and what we call the Golden Rule of Jesus , Confucius had uttered in the same terms , five hundred ...
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... mean in our wish to make a living and to succeed - of course , we all want those things - but I mean in our ulterior intellectual or spiritual interests , in the ideal part , without which we are but snails or tigers . One begins with a ...
... mean in our wish to make a living and to succeed - of course , we all want those things - but I mean in our ulterior intellectual or spiritual interests , in the ideal part , without which we are but snails or tigers . One begins with a ...
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... means of living to live , I answer that the chief work of civi- lization is just that it makes the means of living more ... mean more life . Life is an end in itself , and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you ...
... means of living to live , I answer that the chief work of civi- lization is just that it makes the means of living more ... mean more life . Life is an end in itself , and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you ...
Contents
VOLUME II | 421 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 427 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 437 |
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