People and Problems: A Collection of Addresses and EditorialsH. Holt, 1908 - 344 pages |
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... qualities and of ex- ternal circumstances in determining the achieve- ments of great men . If any man was ever an original genius , with consuming ardor for one intel- lectual pursuit , with love and devotion to it burning in youth and ...
... qualities and of ex- ternal circumstances in determining the achieve- ments of great men . If any man was ever an original genius , with consuming ardor for one intel- lectual pursuit , with love and devotion to it burning in youth and ...
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... qualities which braced these two to fly in the face of what they had been steadily taught from infancy to regard as right and becoming in a woman ? One might go on almost indefinitely , pointing out the vast differences between the ...
... qualities which braced these two to fly in the face of what they had been steadily taught from infancy to regard as right and becoming in a woman ? One might go on almost indefinitely , pointing out the vast differences between the ...
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... qualities only because he had just given the following characterization of the earlier novel , Adam Bede : " Its excellences are a development of character as profound as it is brilliant , true epic force and richness , a style of ...
... qualities only because he had just given the following characterization of the earlier novel , Adam Bede : " Its excellences are a development of character as profound as it is brilliant , true epic force and richness , a style of ...
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... qualities of quick emotions and ready observation . " Let me place alongside of this unfa- vorable etimate some words about George Sand written by the greatest of English critics : Whether or not the number of George Sand's works ...
... qualities of quick emotions and ready observation . " Let me place alongside of this unfa- vorable etimate some words about George Sand written by the greatest of English critics : Whether or not the number of George Sand's works ...
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... qualities shall not fail of its due respect through being associated in the public mind with a want of such discrimination as circumstances from time to time imperatively de- mand . There are times when everything must be staked for the ...
... qualities shall not fail of its due respect through being associated in the public mind with a want of such discrimination as circumstances from time to time imperatively de- mand . There are times when everything must be staked for the ...
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Page 145 - And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet 'By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's will, And compass'd by the inviolate sea.
Page 170 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 336 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 289 - Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature — subtract the work of the men above forty, and, while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we should practically be where we are today.
Page 334 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 37 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding.
Page 140 - If this measure attains a successful result, then our aspirations as a Christian, peace-loving people will be realized. If it fails, it will be only another justification for our contemplated action.
Page 42 - Posterity, alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it, always seeks to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares — everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear of Europe will not soon die away. Her passions and her errors have been abundantly talked of. She left them behind her, and men's memory of her will leave them behind also.
Page 257 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 42 - These are among the last words of her Journal of 1870. Whether or not the number of George Sand's works — always fresh, always attractive, but poured out too lavishly and rapidly — is likely to prove a hindrance to her fame, I do not care to consider. Posterity, alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it, always seeks to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares — -everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear of...