Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... truth - which no- body doubts . They do not so properly affirm , as annunciate it . They do indeed appear to have such a love for truth ( as if , like virtue , it were valuable for itself ) that all truth becomes equally valuable ...
... truth - which no- body doubts . They do not so properly affirm , as annunciate it . They do indeed appear to have such a love for truth ( as if , like virtue , it were valuable for itself ) that all truth becomes equally valuable ...
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... truth is tolerated , where clergy - truth - oath - truth - by the nature of the circumstances , is not required . A Quaker knows none of this distinction . His simple affirmation being received , upon the most sacred occasions , without ...
... truth is tolerated , where clergy - truth - oath - truth - by the nature of the circumstances , is not required . A Quaker knows none of this distinction . His simple affirmation being received , upon the most sacred occasions , without ...
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... truth . Nothing will be done for truth objectively that would not at any rate be done , but subjectively it will be done with more fluency , and at less cost of exertion to the doer . On the contrary , my own growing reveries on the ...
... truth . Nothing will be done for truth objectively that would not at any rate be done , but subjectively it will be done with more fluency , and at less cost of exertion to the doer . On the contrary , my own growing reveries on the ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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