The Arena, 2. köideArena Publishing Company, 1890 |
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Page 53
... Judge , upon precisely the same principles ; and if we could once have that con- fidence in each other which each deserves , we would come much nearer the solution of this great problem . The present President of the United States was ...
... Judge , upon precisely the same principles ; and if we could once have that con- fidence in each other which each deserves , we would come much nearer the solution of this great problem . The present President of the United States was ...
Page 54
... judges of what is best in a given locality are the people who live in that locality ; and that however there may be temporary out- breaks there , even outrages that no one can defend and everyone condemns , the only policy which can be ...
... judges of what is best in a given locality are the people who live in that locality ; and that however there may be temporary out- breaks there , even outrages that no one can defend and everyone condemns , the only policy which can be ...
Page 55
... judge who , imbued with a certain spirit , will render his court an engine of oppression or of political corruption , but this must right itself . There may be some federal office - holders who , drunk with power , and sustained as they ...
... judge who , imbued with a certain spirit , will render his court an engine of oppression or of political corruption , but this must right itself . There may be some federal office - holders who , drunk with power , and sustained as they ...
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... judge a man whose aim is , not to conform to tradition but to ignore it . See the power of an " irrelevant character " in Dr. Rank ! Apparently unrelated , yet what power lies in his coming and going . Nothing in the play seemed to me ...
... judge a man whose aim is , not to conform to tradition but to ignore it . See the power of an " irrelevant character " in Dr. Rank ! Apparently unrelated , yet what power lies in his coming and going . Nothing in the play seemed to me ...
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... judge , then , that the science of history makes certain to us that civilizations , like all else human , inevitably perish ; and it points to the mortal disease as lack of reproductive power and inclination in the best individuals ...
... judge , then , that the science of history makes certain to us that civilizations , like all else human , inevitably perish ; and it points to the mortal disease as lack of reproductive power and inclination in the best individuals ...
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Page 675 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose, The Moon doth with delight — Look round her when the heavens are bare, Waters on a starry night . Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth.
Page 675 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 14 - T is not in the high stars alone, Nor in the cups of budding flowers, Nor in the redbreast's mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers, But in the mud and scum of things There alway, alway something sings.
Page 292 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 158 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Page 618 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Page 618 - Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory...
Page 638 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 618 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 681 - She seem'da part of joyous Spring: A gown of grass-green silk she wore, Buckled with golden clasps before; A light-green tuft of plumes she bore Closed in a golden ring.