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... spirit , de- mands certain regular periodic payments , and will one day foreclose for breach of condition , impede the spirit's action in the premises , putting a very dis- agreeable keeper there , and finally expel the prodigal ...
... spirit , de- mands certain regular periodic payments , and will one day foreclose for breach of condition , impede the spirit's action in the premises , putting a very dis- agreeable keeper there , and finally expel the prodigal ...
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... spirit which fells the forest , girdles the land with railroads , annexes Texas , and covets Cuba , Nicaragua , all the world.1 You see that the authors of this litera- ture are workers also . Others have read of wild beasts ; here are ...
... spirit which fells the forest , girdles the land with railroads , annexes Texas , and covets Cuba , Nicaragua , all the world.1 You see that the authors of this litera- ture are workers also . Others have read of wild beasts ; here are ...
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... He " taunts the lofty land with little men . " There still remains the exceptional literature ; some of it is only fugitive , some meant for permanent dura- tion . Here is a new and different spirit ; 44 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR.
... He " taunts the lofty land with little men . " There still remains the exceptional literature ; some of it is only fugitive , some meant for permanent dura- tion . Here is a new and different spirit ; 44 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR.
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Theodore Parker George Willis Cooke. tion . Here is a new and different spirit ; a respect for human nature above human history , for man above all the accidents of man , for God above all the alleged ac- cidents of God ; a veneration ...
Theodore Parker George Willis Cooke. tion . Here is a new and different spirit ; a respect for human nature above human history , for man above all the accidents of man , for God above all the alleged ac- cidents of God ; a veneration ...
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... spirit , the personal prejudices of the men about him ; his life was a reproach to them , his words an offense , or his doctrines alarmed their sectarian , their party , or their personal pride , and they accordingly con- demned the man ...
... spirit , the personal prejudices of the men about him ; his life was a reproach to them , his words an offense , or his doctrines alarmed their sectarian , their party , or their personal pride , and they accordingly con- demned the man ...
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