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... too long and too thoroughly under ori- ental influence to be able easily to imag- ine a state so strongly dominated by the force of the puritanical ideal . In Europe , luxury has been regarded as a species of 2 PURITANISM.
... too long and too thoroughly under ori- ental influence to be able easily to imag- ine a state so strongly dominated by the force of the puritanical ideal . In Europe , luxury has been regarded as a species of 2 PURITANISM.
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... force is no longer strong enough , even in protestant states , to produce a social struggle against existing condi- tions . Every one in Europe has come to accept this liberty as an evil inher- ent in modern civilization , and though ...
... force is no longer strong enough , even in protestant states , to produce a social struggle against existing condi- tions . Every one in Europe has come to accept this liberty as an evil inher- ent in modern civilization , and though ...
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... force , and have a fair idea of the nervous mechanism which controls it . To study these problems , it has been necessary to attach the most varied physical ap- paratus to the heart and blood - vessels of living animals ; it will ...
... force , and have a fair idea of the nervous mechanism which controls it . To study these problems , it has been necessary to attach the most varied physical ap- paratus to the heart and blood - vessels of living animals ; it will ...
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... force distribution beyond a well - marked point . In our towns health is as good , and physicians are prob- ably as alert , as in Prussia ; there is then no reason to fear an unheeded call or a too tardy response if urban com- munities ...
... force distribution beyond a well - marked point . In our towns health is as good , and physicians are prob- ably as alert , as in Prussia ; there is then no reason to fear an unheeded call or a too tardy response if urban com- munities ...
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... force or chaos . I have in mind another illustration of the manifold directions in which the advance of scientific thought works to dissolve the ancient social system . From the dawn of civiliz- ation until now , the family has been the ...
... force or chaos . I have in mind another illustration of the manifold directions in which the advance of scientific thought works to dissolve the ancient social system . From the dawn of civiliz- ation until now , the family has been the ...
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Page 126 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves ; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, When he comes back : you demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms...
Page 276 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Page 56 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 179 - ... a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Page 92 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 332 - Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads - you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...
Page 56 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations, upon every opportunity, as may lead and draw them in willing obedience, inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue, stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...
Page 186 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 182 - Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare to make it known.
Page 92 - O reform it altogether, and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them, for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered; that's villanous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.