 It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives...  The Slavery of Our Times - Page xixby graf Leo Tolstoy - 1900 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 156 pages
...even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it is bis duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and if he...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that 1 do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1866 - 314 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 158 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and,(if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.^) If I devote myself... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1901 - 324 pages
...course, to devote himself ' , to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support/' If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 pages
...course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, ,( even the most enormous wrong; he may still \ properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1898 - 462 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...no thought longer, not to give it practically his supportH If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that... | |
 | Waldo Ralph Browne - 1919 - 166 pages
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Board of Education - 1944 - 824 pages
..."It is not a man's duty to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; but it is his duty at least to wash his hands of it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support." In our own day, it has been said somewhat more directly. In Lillian Hellman's script for North Star,... | |
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