Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
From inside the book
Results 11-15 of 81
Page 912
... truth , and to grasp it . This , I said in my foregoing discourse , was the object of a University , viewed in itself , and apart from the Catholic Church , or from the State , or from any other power which may use it ; and I ...
... truth , and to grasp it . This , I said in my foregoing discourse , was the object of a University , viewed in itself , and apart from the Catholic Church , or from the State , or from any other power which may use it ; and I ...
Page 913
... truth , to which research and systematizing led , were surely sufficient ends , though nothing beyond them were added , and that they had ever been accounted sufficient by mankind . Here then I take up the subject ; and , having ...
... truth , to which research and systematizing led , were surely sufficient ends , though nothing beyond them were added , and that they had ever been accounted sufficient by mankind . Here then I take up the subject ; and , having ...
Page 915
... truth of it carries men too far , and confirms to them the notion that it is the whole of the matter . A narrow mind is thought to be that which contains little knowledge ; and an enlarged mind , that which holds a great deal ; and what ...
... truth of it carries men too far , and confirms to them the notion that it is the whole of the matter . A narrow mind is thought to be that which contains little knowledge ; and an enlarged mind , that which holds a great deal ; and what ...
Page 920
... truth , or instructing the hearer , but simply talking . No one would say that these persons , well informed as they are , had attained to any great cul- ture of intellect or to philosophy . The case is the same still more strikingly ...
... truth , or instructing the hearer , but simply talking . No one would say that these persons , well informed as they are , had attained to any great cul- ture of intellect or to philosophy . The case is the same still more strikingly ...
Page 930
... truth . And next to none , perhaps , or none , who will not be reminded from time to time of the disadvantage under ... truths which fall upon the mind like dust , impalpable and ever accumulating ; they may be unable to converse , they ...
... truth . And next to none , perhaps , or none , who will not be reminded from time to time of the disadvantage under ... truths which fall upon the mind like dust , impalpable and ever accumulating ; they may be unable to converse , they ...
Contents
809 | |
836 | |
845 | |
854 | |
861 | |
872 | |
880 | |
887 | |
1029 | |
1052 | |
1068 | |
1076 | |
1098 | |
1104 | |
1114 | |
1121 | |
911 | |
932 | |
940 | |
955 | |
964 | |
971 | |
980 | |
995 | |
1007 | |
1017 | |
1130 | |
1136 | |
1143 | |
1152 | |
1162 | |
1177 | |
1199 | |
1219 | |
1226 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ameri American army artist battle beauty born Burns called CARL SCHURZ century Chief Justice citizens civilization Constitution Court culture divine earth EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN element England English eyes fact faith feel flag Francis Scott Key freedom French genius HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE hand heart heaven honor hope human idea ideal imagination intellect Jews knowledge land learned LEW WALLACE liberty light literature live look Marshall memory ment mind moral nation nature never novel passed patriotism peace perfection person Perugia philosophical Photogravure Pinturicchio Poe's poet political Potiphar President race Raphael religion religious Republic Robert Charles Winthrop seems Shakespeare society soldiers soul speak spirit stand Star-Spangled Banner Taney things thought tion to-day touch true truth ture University Washington whole WILLIAM MCKINLEY words