Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... 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 works , and a man more important than his toil . A race , like an individual , must get this con ...
... 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 works , and a man more important than his toil . A race , like an individual , must get this con ...
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... possession before the work of the day be- comes imperative and absorbing . The man who has not learned to play in childhood is not likely to learn to play in maturity ; and without the spirit of play - the put- ting forth of energy as ...
... possession before the work of the day be- comes imperative and absorbing . The man who has not learned to play in childhood is not likely to learn to play in maturity ; and without the spirit of play - the put- ting forth of energy as ...
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... possession of a real gift . The prophecy which the discerning reader finds in Brown's sombre romances was fulfilled in the work of Poe and Hawthorne . It is conceivable that a student of the Puritan mind might have foreseen the coming ...
... possession of a real gift . The prophecy which the discerning reader finds in Brown's sombre romances was fulfilled in the work of Poe and Hawthorne . It is conceivable that a student of the Puritan mind might have foreseen the coming ...
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... possession of the dæmonic element in art , Poe stands alone in our literature , unrelated to his environment and detached from his time ; the most dis- tinctive and individual writer who has yet appeared in this 824 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIÉ.
... possession of the dæmonic element in art , Poe stands alone in our literature , unrelated to his environment and detached from his time ; the most dis- tinctive and individual writer who has yet appeared in this 824 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIÉ.
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... possessions . The bulk of the work upon which it rests is not great ; its ethical sig- nificance is not always evident ; it is not representative after the manner of the great masters of poetry ; but its quality is perfect . The ...
... possessions . The bulk of the work upon which it rests is not great ; its ethical sig- nificance is not always evident ; it is not representative after the manner of the great masters of poetry ; but its quality is perfect . The ...
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