Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... souls being pitched out of ourselves like rockets or meteors ; or whether the country comes to us , and our large souls are inhabited by it for the time being , upon the principle of the greater including the less , the mind of man ...
... souls being pitched out of ourselves like rockets or meteors ; or whether the country comes to us , and our large souls are inhabited by it for the time being , upon the principle of the greater including the less , the mind of man ...
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... soul than com- pensation to wit , its own nature . The soul is not a compensation , but a life . The soul is . Under all this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of ...
... soul than com- pensation to wit , its own nature . The soul is not a compensation , but a life . The soul is . Under all this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of ...
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... soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . Man's life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses 66 more " and " less " in application to man , of the pres- ence of the soul ...
... soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . Man's life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses 66 more " and " less " in application to man , of the pres- ence of the soul ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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