Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volume 37G.R. Graham., 1850 |
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... cause of morality which results from denouncing the devil without understanding his deviltry . In the republic of delusion and democracy of transgression there are certain errors deserving the name of " popular , " errors which mislead ...
... cause of morality which results from denouncing the devil without understanding his deviltry . In the republic of delusion and democracy of transgression there are certain errors deserving the name of " popular , " errors which mislead ...
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... cause of science , can be found in one page of the Novum Organon than in Whewell's whole five volumes . Such is the difference between a vital and mechanical mind in the history and philosophy of science ; and the difference is more ...
... cause of science , can be found in one page of the Novum Organon than in Whewell's whole five volumes . Such is the difference between a vital and mechanical mind in the history and philosophy of science ; and the difference is more ...
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... caused by the recollection of deeds committed from impulse , which her pride would not permit her to apologize or atone for , even after she was con- vinced of her error . As the two boys entered the cabin she looked at them , but ...
... caused by the recollection of deeds committed from impulse , which her pride would not permit her to apologize or atone for , even after she was con- vinced of her error . As the two boys entered the cabin she looked at them , but ...
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... cause , this apparent in- subordination on the part of one of his officers , was enough to arouse all the evil passions of his heart . Educated under the strict discipline of the United States service , he had been taught that the first ...
... cause , this apparent in- subordination on the part of one of his officers , was enough to arouse all the evil passions of his heart . Educated under the strict discipline of the United States service , he had been taught that the first ...
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... causes - either a hasty impulse , conceived in a moment , and abandoned by actors frightened at their own audacity ; or , a sense of wrong and injustice so keen and poignant , as to make death preferable to further submission . Aware of ...
... causes - either a hasty impulse , conceived in a moment , and abandoned by actors frightened at their own audacity ; or , a sense of wrong and injustice so keen and poignant , as to make death preferable to further submission . Aware of ...
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Page 115 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 194 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 115 - Two voices are there ; one is of the sea, One of the mountains ; each a mighty voice : In both from age to age thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen music, Liberty ! There came a tyrant, and with holy glee Thou fought'st against him ; but hast vainly striven : Thou from thy Alpine holds at length art driven, Where not a torrent murmurs heard by thee. Of one deep bliss thine...
Page 114 - And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things.
Page 110 - ... of the meadows and the woods And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create, And what perceive; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.
Page 109 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Page 109 - Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Page 109 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
Page 114 - The wind, the tempest roaring high, The tumult of a tropic sky, Might well be dangerous food For him, a youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of heaven, And such impetuous blood.
Page 4 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated, and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.