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... human life , his career was closed . His moral system as a poet is founded on the double error , that great crimes imply great qualities ; and , that virtue is a slavery . Both maxims palpably untrue ; for crime is so much within human ...
... human life , his career was closed . His moral system as a poet is founded on the double error , that great crimes imply great qualities ; and , that virtue is a slavery . Both maxims palpably untrue ; for crime is so much within human ...
Page 56
... HUMAN LIFE . To - morrow , and to - morrow , and to - morrow , Creeps in this petty pace from day to day , To the last syllable of recorded time ; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death . Out , Out , brief ...
... HUMAN LIFE . To - morrow , and to - morrow , and to - morrow , Creeps in this petty pace from day to day , To the last syllable of recorded time ; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death . Out , Out , brief ...
Page 208
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy , with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this ...
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy , with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this ...
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