A Little Journey in the World: A NovelHarper & Brothers, 1889 - 396 pages |
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Page 240 - Henderson was a delightful host, was the report of Miss Forsythe, when she returned to us. In a confidential talk with my wife, she confessed, however, that she couldn't tell whither Margaret was going. One of the worries of modern life is the perplexity where to spend the summer. The restless spirit of change affects those who dwell in the country as well as those who live in the city. No matter how charming the residence is, one can stay in it only a part of the year. He actually needs a house...
Page 44 - BEYOND the smiling and the weeping I shall be soon ; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come.
Page 30 - Kneel undisturbed, fair saint! Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly; I will not enter there, To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly.
Page 101 - ... scene; Mephisto, the only radiant one, flits across it, and mocks the poor broken-hearted girl clinging to the church door. There is a dungeon, the chanting of the procession of tonsured priests, the passing-bell. Seldom appears the golden bridge over which the baffled and tired pass into Valhalla. Do we like this because it is life, or because there is a certain satisfaction in seeing the tragedy which impends over all, pervades the atmosphere, as it were, and adds something of zest to the mildest...
Page 7 - A man had better be silent if he can only say to-day what he will stand by tomorrow, or if he may not launch into the general talk the whim and fancy of the moment. Racy, entertaining talk is only exposed thought, and no one would hold a man responsible for the thronging thoughts that contradict and displace each other in his mind. Probably no one ever actually makes up his mind until he either acts or puts out his conclusion beyond his recall.
Page 166 - That never yet could be set," Morgan replied. "It is impossible for any number of men to agree on it. I don't see any line between absolute freedom of acquisition, trusting to circumstances, misfortune, and death to knock things to pieces, and absolute slavery, which is communism." " Do you believe, Mr. Morgan, that any vast fortune was ever honestly come by ?" "That is another question. Honesty is such a flexible word. If you mean a process the law cannot touch, yes. If you mean moral consideration...
Page 11 - Lyon had the air of conveying the impression that this question was settled in England, and that America was interesting on account of numerous experiments of this sort. This state of mind was not offensive to his interlocutors, because they were accustomed to it in transatlantic visitors. Indeed, there was nothing whatever offensive, and little defensive, in Mr. John Lyon. What we liked in him, I think, was his simple acceptance of a position that required neither explanation nor apology — a social...
Page 9 - It seems to me," said Mr. Lyon, who was always in the conversational attitude of wanting to know, " that you Americans are disturbed by the notion that religion ought to produce social equality." Mr. Lyon had the air of conveying the impression that this question was settled in England, and that America was interesting on account of numerous experiments of this sort. This state of mind was not offensive to his interlocutors, because they were accustomed to it in transatlantic visitors. Indeed, there...
Page 2 - It seems illog1 ical that we could produce diversity by all doing the same thing at the same time, but we know the value of congregate effort. It seems to superficial observers that all Americans are born busy. It is not so. They are born with a fear of not being busy; and if they are intelligent and in circumstances of leisure, they have such a sense of their responsibility that they hasten to allot all their time into portions, and leave no hour unprovided for.