The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 106Atlantic Monthly Company, 1910 - American essays |
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... sound ; and also that great compen- satory scheme , which enables a gener- ally diseased body to remain not only alive , but even fairly efficient . One can see how this knowledge may be utilized to the advantage of what the insurance ...
... sound ; and also that great compen- satory scheme , which enables a gener- ally diseased body to remain not only alive , but even fairly efficient . One can see how this knowledge may be utilized to the advantage of what the insurance ...
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... , professional ideals , and sound educational proced- ure concur in the recommendation of the same policy , the time is surely ripe for decisive action . ALTHOUGH , probably , from the be- ginning of time THE PLETHORA OF DOCTORS 25.
... , professional ideals , and sound educational proced- ure concur in the recommendation of the same policy , the time is surely ripe for decisive action . ALTHOUGH , probably , from the be- ginning of time THE PLETHORA OF DOCTORS 25.
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... sound discretion in greater or more constant need . The editor must never lose his head . Sure , no less than prompt , judgment is re- quired at every turning . It is his busi- ness to think for everybody . Each sub- ordinate must 40 ...
... sound discretion in greater or more constant need . The editor must never lose his head . Sure , no less than prompt , judgment is re- quired at every turning . It is his busi- ness to think for everybody . Each sub- ordinate must 40 ...
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... sound adviser at his elbow , he goes first into the shops and studies the rudiments of the work done there . He may not become an expert weaver or a skilled wielder of the sledge , but from intimate association with the men at the loom ...
... sound adviser at his elbow , he goes first into the shops and studies the rudiments of the work done there . He may not become an expert weaver or a skilled wielder of the sledge , but from intimate association with the men at the loom ...
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... sound of the Fool's voice , and in the next moment marks it no longer ; but when the storm is upon them , when Lear's brain has begun to turn , he is beyond all hearing of the Fool's labored jests ; it is not till his eyes fall upon the ...
... sound of the Fool's voice , and in the next moment marks it no longer ; but when the storm is upon them , when Lear's brain has begun to turn , he is beyond all hearing of the Fool's labored jests ; it is not till his eyes fall upon 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.