The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Том 1Harper & Brothers, 1854 Nolen's plans for development in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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... expression of the truth which my friends desire from me , and which I wish to express , than any which I could write with calm reflec- tion and cool hand . " And I resolved to publish the let- ters as they had been inspired by the ...
... expression of the truth which my friends desire from me , and which I wish to express , than any which I could write with calm reflec- tion and cool hand . " And I resolved to publish the let- ters as they had been inspired by the ...
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... letters to you , and convey to you a better expression of thanks than that which can here be uttered by , Your guest and friend , FREDRIKA BREMER . THE HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD LETTER I. ON THE Xii TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS .
... letters to you , and convey to you a better expression of thanks than that which can here be uttered by , Your guest and friend , FREDRIKA BREMER . THE HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD LETTER I. ON THE Xii TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS .
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... expression , or words . Among these is a tall , re- spectable clergyman from New York , by name John Knox , and who seems to me to have a little of the historical Knox- nature of stern Puritanism , although united to much be- nevolence ...
... expression , or words . Among these is a tall , re- spectable clergyman from New York , by name John Knox , and who seems to me to have a little of the historical Knox- nature of stern Puritanism , although united to much be- nevolence ...
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... expression , as well as another fresh convic- tion of the weakness of human nature . I have read here , also , Miss Martineau's " Life in the East . " I like to study pictures of the East , and of the earliest period of the cultivation ...
... expression , as well as another fresh convic- tion of the weakness of human nature . I have read here , also , Miss Martineau's " Life in the East . " I like to study pictures of the East , and of the earliest period of the cultivation ...
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... , but what I do not rightly know I fancy it is expression . I was not quite in spirits , and felt to - day somewhat fatigued . When , however , in the evening , I came forth into the open air HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD . 35.
... , but what I do not rightly know I fancy it is expression . I was not quite in spirits , and felt to - day somewhat fatigued . When , however , in the evening , I came forth into the open air HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD . 35.
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Стр. 157 - Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Стр. 157 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Стр. 184 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Стр. 156 - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.
Стр. 41 - Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.
Стр. 157 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Стр. 158 - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.
Стр. 158 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.
Стр. 158 - Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo. and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Стр. 160 - ... lies, to live in truth. Does this sound harsh to-day? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine, and if we follow the truth it will bring us out safe at last.