Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 862
... truth and beauty govern Greek literature so absolutely that , old as it is , it seems to us ever fresh and eternally young . After two thousand years and more it strikes us to - day as startlingly modern . Thoreau - whose own phrase was ...
... truth and beauty govern Greek literature so absolutely that , old as it is , it seems to us ever fresh and eternally young . After two thousand years and more it strikes us to - day as startlingly modern . Thoreau - whose own phrase was ...
Page 868
... truth about ourselves , and this , indeed , is what we must always insist upon in our literature - the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . Lowell reminded us that Goethe went to the root of the matter when he said 868 ...
... truth about ourselves , and this , indeed , is what we must always insist upon in our literature - the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . Lowell reminded us that Goethe went to the root of the matter when he said 868 ...
Page 881
... truth , have shown that these Brethren were not misled by their traditions , and that their answers indi- cated , with remarkable precision , what the most learned of our Brethren , in this country and in Europe , at the present time ...
... truth , have shown that these Brethren were not misled by their traditions , and that their answers indi- cated , with remarkable precision , what the most learned of our Brethren , in this country and in Europe , at the present time ...
Page 892
... truth I expect to have your forgiveness , since in my heart I believe that a plain word spoken because it must be said , free from malice or self - seeking , can be no lasting offence to any one , whereas , what end is there to the ...
... truth I expect to have your forgiveness , since in my heart I believe that a plain word spoken because it must be said , free from malice or self - seeking , can be no lasting offence to any one , whereas , what end is there to the ...
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... truth , this leads me to making another suggestion , a practical one I consider it . Suppose we start by rebelling at once ; because when I spoke of the world having to choose between accepting and rejecting art , I did not suppose that ...
... truth , this leads me to making another suggestion , a practical one I consider it . Suppose we start by rebelling at once ; because when I spoke of the world having to choose between accepting and rejecting art , I did not suppose that ...
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