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... ourselves , than it is to depend upon a quick fusion of our own superficiality with that other super- ficiality known as common opinion . Just what other people are thinking I must conjecture ; if I am a thoughtful man , I know what I ...
... ourselves , than it is to depend upon a quick fusion of our own superficiality with that other super- ficiality known as common opinion . Just what other people are thinking I must conjecture ; if I am a thoughtful man , I know what I ...
Page 127
... ourselves only by long and painstaking examination . Sometimes we shall pour out with a very exhilaration of unconcern that which fills our heart like a song or a sunrise . We too , like Shelley's skylark , shall have our moments of ...
... ourselves only by long and painstaking examination . Sometimes we shall pour out with a very exhilaration of unconcern that which fills our heart like a song or a sunrise . We too , like Shelley's skylark , shall have our moments of ...
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... ourselves by calling it a half - measure . We think of the poor tricks and evasions that , after all , are not com- promises but surrenders . One very evil result has come of regarding these defeats , these surrenders and treacheries as ...
... ourselves by calling it a half - measure . We think of the poor tricks and evasions that , after all , are not com- promises but surrenders . One very evil result has come of regarding these defeats , these surrenders and treacheries as ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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