The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1844 - American literature |
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It pleasant to cause smiles than tears in those is not the consciousness of genius that is im- around us . But there are times in which every oracle utters words of ill omen ; the heavens portant to a man , but of that which he pro- ...
It pleasant to cause smiles than tears in those is not the consciousness of genius that is im- around us . But there are times in which every oracle utters words of ill omen ; the heavens portant to a man , but of that which he pro- ...
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66 You profane the sanctity of the idea , " be- cause the men into whom we seek to instil it are flesh and blood , and we are obliged to speak to their senses ? Condemn all action , then ; for action is only a form of thought ...
66 You profane the sanctity of the idea , " be- cause the men into whom we seek to instil it are flesh and blood , and we are obliged to speak to their senses ? Condemn all action , then ; for action is only a form of thought ...
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... able to struggle like selfishness , and cause that which at bottom Washington : one period claims the pen of should only be regarded as the wages of duty the sage , another requires the sword of the to be mistaken for duty itself .
... able to struggle like selfishness , and cause that which at bottom Washington : one period claims the pen of should only be regarded as the wages of duty the sage , another requires the sword of the to be mistaken for duty itself .
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We have read it with atten- tion , and with a desire to find cause to alter our opinions . We however find nothing to re- tract : on the contrary the present work ap- pears to us to confirm those opinions . Past and Present ' is a work ...
We have read it with atten- tion , and with a desire to find cause to alter our opinions . We however find nothing to re- tract : on the contrary the present work ap- pears to us to confirm those opinions . Past and Present ' is a work ...
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There is poor Burnett gone stark foolish , be- cause he has been made the friend of the wise , -diseased at once with a plethora of vanity and an inanition of knowledge ; with all the dispo- sition to destroy himself , only that he ...
There is poor Burnett gone stark foolish , be- cause he has been made the friend of the wise , -diseased at once with a plethora of vanity and an inanition of knowledge ; with all the dispo- sition to destroy himself , only that he ...
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| Title | The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2 |
| Contributors | Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Publisher | Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2017 |
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