Moncure D. Conway: Addresses and Reprints, 1850-1907; Published and Unpublished Work Representing the Literary and Philosophical Life of the AuthorHoughton Mifflin, 1909 - 444 Seiten |
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... human heart for old myths and super- stitions and their underlying meanings , the need he felt for himself and others of appealing to the emotions as well as to the brain . He had the instinct of an artist for this work : ardent and ...
... human heart for old myths and super- stitions and their underlying meanings , the need he felt for himself and others of appealing to the emotions as well as to the brain . He had the instinct of an artist for this work : ardent and ...
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... HUMANITY , AC- CORDING TO MY EARNEST CONVICTION , I DEDICATE THESE PAGES TO YOU " WITH WHOM IS ALL OUR HOPE . " WARRENTON , VA . , October , 1850 . THE WRITER . FREE SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA I. THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE DISCUSSED THE.
... HUMANITY , AC- CORDING TO MY EARNEST CONVICTION , I DEDICATE THESE PAGES TO YOU " WITH WHOM IS ALL OUR HOPE . " WARRENTON , VA . , October , 1850 . THE WRITER . FREE SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA I. THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE DISCUSSED THE.
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... human art - falls back into a floating log ; the log itself is lost ; and the savage swimmer , bearing his dozen pounds on his back , alone remains . - On the recognized principle , then , that we should feel ourselves morally concerned ...
... human art - falls back into a floating log ; the log itself is lost ; and the savage swimmer , bearing his dozen pounds on his back , alone remains . - On the recognized principle , then , that we should feel ourselves morally concerned ...
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... human lips from the inculca- tions of God : That it is the interest of every member of a Community that every other member thereof should be educated ! Amongst the very many things wherewith history will delight to honor Massachusetts ...
... human lips from the inculca- tions of God : That it is the interest of every member of a Community that every other member thereof should be educated ! Amongst the very many things wherewith history will delight to honor Massachusetts ...
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... human race , or any part of it , becomes more diseased , or physically more vile , is it not time to arrest and restore ? This can only be done through education , or through miracles ; and it would require more than three hundred and ...
... human race , or any part of it , becomes more diseased , or physically more vile , is it not time to arrest and restore ? This can only be done through education , or through miracles ; and it would require more than three hundred and ...
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Seite 98 - Ham. Do you see yonder cloud, that's almost in shape of a camel? Pol. By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Ham. Methinks, it is like a weasel. • Pol. It is backed like a weasel. Ham. Or, like a whale ? Pol. Very like a whale.
Seite xvi - Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given something is taken.
Seite 138 - Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Seite xvi - What a contrast between the well-clad, reading, writing, thinking American, with a watch, a pencil and a bill of exchange in his pocket, and the naked New Zealander, whose property is a club, a spear, a mat and an undivided twentieth of a shed to sleep under! But compare the health of the two men and you shall see that the white man has lost his aboriginal strength.
Seite vi - The great men of culture are those who have had a passion for diffusing, for making prevail, for carrying from one end of society to the other, the best knowledge, the best ideas of their time...
Seite 193 - All things are double, one against another. Tit for tat; an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth; blood for blood; measure for measure; love for love. Give, and it shall be given you. He that watereth shall be watered himself. What will you have? quoth God. Pay for it and take it.
Seite xvi - Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
Seite 189 - Christian saw the picture of a very grave person hang up against the wall; and this was the fashion of it: It had eyes lifted up to heaven, the best of books in his hand, the law of truth was written upon his lips, the world was behind his back ; it stood as if it pleaded with men, and a crown of gold did hang over its head.
Seite 388 - That, therefore, which makes a good Constitution, must keep it, viz., men of wisdom and virtue, qualities that, because they descend not with worldly inheritances, must be carefully propagated by a virtuous education of youth...
Seite 45 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!