Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 832
... individual superiority . In a society which holds all the doors open , and affirms in institution and structure that a man shall go where he can , there is always the danger of confusing opportunity with gift . The 832 HAMILTON WRIGHT ...
... individual superiority . In a society which holds all the doors open , and affirms in institution and structure that a man shall go where he can , there is always the danger of confusing opportunity with gift . The 832 HAMILTON WRIGHT ...
Page 837
... individual sees more than one , it is natural , and it is good , that a society like this , a society which survives all the transitory parts of which it is composed , a society which has a corporate existence and a perpetual succession ...
... individual sees more than one , it is natural , and it is good , that a society like this , a society which survives all the transitory parts of which it is composed , a society which has a corporate existence and a perpetual succession ...
Page 895
... individual genius , architecture especially , had quite reached their highest perfection . Men began to look round for some- thing more startlingly new than the slow , gradual change of architecture and the attendant lesser arts could ...
... individual genius , architecture especially , had quite reached their highest perfection . Men began to look round for some- thing more startlingly new than the slow , gradual change of architecture and the attendant lesser arts could ...
Page 896
... individual workmen . I mean , for instance , that in the Thirteenth century Eng- land was going step by step with Italy as far as mere ex- cellence is concerned , while in the middle of the Fifteenth England was rude , and Italy ...
... individual workmen . I mean , for instance , that in the Thirteenth century Eng- land was going step by step with Italy as far as mere ex- cellence is concerned , while in the middle of the Fifteenth England was rude , and Italy ...
Page 903
... individual arts is considered at the time of their foundation . True it is that those who established them were partly influenced by a delusive expectation that they would presently be able to supply directly a demand which was felt for ...
... individual arts is considered at the time of their foundation . True it is that those who established them were partly influenced by a delusive expectation that they would presently be able to supply directly a demand which was felt for ...
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