Lectures on Mental and Moral CultureA.S. Barnes & Company, 1869 - 319 páginas |
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... matter how exalted the occupation in which he might be engaged . Hence they derided him for being the son of a Corsican lawyer . These reproaches , for which he could in no way be answer- able , stung him to the quick . The scorn of ...
... matter how exalted the occupation in which he might be engaged . Hence they derided him for being the son of a Corsican lawyer . These reproaches , for which he could in no way be answer- able , stung him to the quick . The scorn of ...
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... matter of the first im- portance that he should thoroughly feel and under- stand what he has to say . For we always conclude , whether it be the minister of the gospel or the mem- ber of Congress , the lawyer or the lecturer , if he ...
... matter of the first im- portance that he should thoroughly feel and under- stand what he has to say . For we always conclude , whether it be the minister of the gospel or the mem- ber of Congress , the lawyer or the lecturer , if he ...
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... matter was so completely at his command that he scarcely looked at his brief , but went on for more than four hours with a statement so luminous , and a chain of reasoning so easy to be understood , and yet approaching so nearly to ...
... matter was so completely at his command that he scarcely looked at his brief , but went on for more than four hours with a statement so luminous , and a chain of reasoning so easy to be understood , and yet approaching so nearly to ...
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... matter . Yet there were many facts which he had learned from the mouths of the men who took part in those grave deliberations , which were deeply interesting , and at times held the au- dience breathless . His voice was bold and ...
... matter . Yet there were many facts which he had learned from the mouths of the men who took part in those grave deliberations , which were deeply interesting , and at times held the au- dience breathless . His voice was bold and ...
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... matter of consola- tion to have seen the man and to have heard his voice . It is good to look upon the face of one in whom com- manding talents have been united with majesty of person , to behold grace and dignity where nature has set ...
... matter of consola- tion to have seen the man and to have heard his voice . It is good to look upon the face of one in whom com- manding talents have been united with majesty of person , to behold grace and dignity where nature has set ...
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Página 149 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 318 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State ; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing...
Página 150 - I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Página 145 - cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 279 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 284 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Página 109 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 111 - I know not how others may feel,' (glancing at the opponents of the College before him,) ' but, for myself, when I see my Alma Mater surrounded, like Caesar in the senatehouse, by those who are reiterating stab upon stab, I would not, for this right hand, have her turn to me, and say, Et tu quoque mi fili ! And thou too, my son !'
Página 145 - ... any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Página 279 - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.