Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 612
... better Testament or a better Bible ; it cares for better constitutions or laws ; it cares for a sim- pler and more pure Civil Service , only as these things , for things they are , give it purer and better lives . By their fruits , all ...
... better Testament or a better Bible ; it cares for better constitutions or laws ; it cares for a sim- pler and more pure Civil Service , only as these things , for things they are , give it purer and better lives . By their fruits , all ...
Page 661
... better than the individual Swiss , and of France as something better than the individual Frenchman , and of America as something better than the individual American . In great and heroic individual ac- tions we often seem to feel that ...
... better than the individual Swiss , and of France as something better than the individual Frenchman , and of America as something better than the individual American . In great and heroic individual ac- tions we often seem to feel that ...
Page 783
... better form " to be exceedingly quiet and reticent . But it will not do to confine one's self in life to the purely ... better thing is to plunge in yourself and try to do something , and to bring some definite thing to pass . If you ...
... better form " to be exceedingly quiet and reticent . But it will not do to confine one's self in life to the purely ... better thing is to plunge in yourself and try to do something , and to bring some definite thing to pass . If you ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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