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... less easy to prove the influence of poetry upon political and social tendencies outside the periods of violent conflict . Yet I believe that a careful examina- tion of the kinship between political movements and the thoughts of the ...
... less easy to prove the influence of poetry upon political and social tendencies outside the periods of violent conflict . Yet I believe that a careful examina- tion of the kinship between political movements and the thoughts of the ...
Page 49
... less and less to him . The more single - minded a man is in his deter- mination to please God , the less he cares to please men . Serve them ? Yes , with his lifeblood if need be ! But tickle their fancy , cater to their foibles , be ...
... less and less to him . The more single - minded a man is in his deter- mination to please God , the less he cares to please men . Serve them ? Yes , with his lifeblood if need be ! But tickle their fancy , cater to their foibles , be ...
Page 77
... less than equal to the brilliant productions of his early years . The fact remains , however , that the mass of it is astonishingly good reading . More im- portant still is the fact that in every single volume one or two tales and two ...
... less than equal to the brilliant productions of his early years . The fact remains , however , that the mass of it is astonishingly good reading . More im- portant still is the fact that in every single volume one or two tales and two ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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