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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... wish that I would go immediately ; besides a number of letters which I could do no more than merely break open , requests for autographs , and so on . I have shaken hands with from seventy to eighty persons to - day , while I was unable ...
... wish that I would go immediately ; besides a number of letters which I could do no more than merely break open , requests for autographs , and so on . I have shaken hands with from seventy to eighty persons to - day , while I was unable ...
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... wishes to introduce me to some of her literary friends . I am dressed for this purpose , have on my best clothes , and look quite respectable in them , and am writing while I wait for the carriage . Only to think of those who are lying ...
... wishes to introduce me to some of her literary friends . I am dressed for this purpose , have on my best clothes , and look quite respectable in them , and am writing while I wait for the carriage . Only to think of those who are lying ...
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... wish him to make Mr. Downing's acquaintance , and for Mr. Downing to become acquainted with Bergfalk , that he may know how interesting a Swed- ish learned man can be . Now receive a large , cordial embrace across the great ocean for ...
... wish him to make Mr. Downing's acquaintance , and for Mr. Downing to become acquainted with Bergfalk , that he may know how interesting a Swed- ish learned man can be . Now receive a large , cordial embrace across the great ocean for ...
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... wish you to have an accurate idea of things here . " The accurate truth , however , is that nobody can say what is the real cause of this smoke - like mist , or of this summer in the midst of autumn . But to return to our excursion ...
... wish you to have an accurate idea of things here . " The accurate truth , however , is that nobody can say what is the real cause of this smoke - like mist , or of this summer in the midst of autumn . But to return to our excursion ...
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... wish . " At length came the day when the experiment was to be tried . To me it was a moment of the utmost importance . I had invited many of my friends to go on board and wit- ness the first successful voyage . Many of these did me the ...
... wish . " At length came the day when the experiment was to be tried . To me it was a moment of the utmost importance . I had invited many of my friends to go on board and wit- ness the first successful voyage . Many of these did me the ...
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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.