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... nature , whether passive or active , amongst cultivated nations , only furnishes occasion for science and morality to rise higher , and use it simply as a lever ; but this is not the case with religion— truth , with an active ...
... nature , whether passive or active , amongst cultivated nations , only furnishes occasion for science and morality to rise higher , and use it simply as a lever ; but this is not the case with religion— truth , with an active ...
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... nature . From what we are , and have been , comes what we thus bestow . Our words , that are as the fresh cool water , how wonderful are these . From the spring of our thought there outflows a plentiful stream ; but this has risen from ...
... nature . From what we are , and have been , comes what we thus bestow . Our words , that are as the fresh cool water , how wonderful are these . From the spring of our thought there outflows a plentiful stream ; but this has risen from ...
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... nature ; it will not seek , but must be sought - it is modest as a maiden - and its veil is silence . It must be treated with gentleness and respect . Oftentimes we have not the will to speak of what is within us , vexing and darkening ...
... nature ; it will not seek , but must be sought - it is modest as a maiden - and its veil is silence . It must be treated with gentleness and respect . Oftentimes we have not the will to speak of what is within us , vexing and darkening ...
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... nature can be shown , at least in glimpses , by inter- course , but not by intercourse with any man , at any time . It is very difficult fully to open heart and mind to another , and so it often happens that a man never gives , by ...
... nature can be shown , at least in glimpses , by inter- course , but not by intercourse with any man , at any time . It is very difficult fully to open heart and mind to another , and so it often happens that a man never gives , by ...
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... nature's myriad brilliants glitter like diamonds in the sun ; and the hard ground rings under your quick tread ; and the boys shout on the slippery pond ; and the skater hurries to the lake in the park ; and the woodman's axe is heard ...
... nature's myriad brilliants glitter like diamonds in the sun ; and the hard ground rings under your quick tread ; and the boys shout on the slippery pond ; and the skater hurries to the lake in the park ; and the woodman's axe is heard ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 4 - Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.
Seite 503 - And, because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Seite 782 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Seite 711 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Seite 672 - Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Seite 504 - Then the pied windflowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Seite 181 - Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Seite 504 - But none ever trembled and panted with bliss In the garden, the field, or the wilderness, Like a doe in the noontide with love's sweet want, As the companionless sensitive plant.
Seite 776 - And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? And he said, Who art thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Seite 803 - COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. Do thou With courtesy receive him : rise and bow : And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave, Then lay before him all thou hast. Allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality, no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate Thy soul's marmoreal calmness.