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... human nature , and he made it the means of conveying that knowledge to others . Vivid and dear memories flash into the minds of many of us as we read these pages . We see that dignified figure come quietly into the crowded lecture ...
... human nature , and he made it the means of conveying that knowledge to others . Vivid and dear memories flash into the minds of many of us as we read these pages . We see that dignified figure come quietly into the crowded lecture ...
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... human thought . It was the description and interpretation , often the inspiration , of life . As he said in his speech at the dinner given in his honor less than a year before he died : Literature is the best thought that has been ...
... human thought . It was the description and interpretation , often the inspiration , of life . As he said in his speech at the dinner given in his honor less than a year before he died : Literature is the best thought that has been ...
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... Bliss was it then to be alive , but to be young was very heaven ! ' Our age is doubtless best for you and me ; but never again will the pulse of humanity bound so high , never again , it seems 8 AN OLD CASTLE AND OTHER ESSAYS.
... Bliss was it then to be alive , but to be young was very heaven ! ' Our age is doubtless best for you and me ; but never again will the pulse of humanity bound so high , never again , it seems 8 AN OLD CASTLE AND OTHER ESSAYS.
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Caleb Thomas Winchester Louis Bliss Gillet. humanity bound so high , never again , it seems to me , can there be so much to rouse curiosity and stimulate imagina- tion , as in that morning of modern life . The story of those days told ...
Caleb Thomas Winchester Louis Bliss Gillet. humanity bound so high , never again , it seems to me , can there be so much to rouse curiosity and stimulate imagina- tion , as in that morning of modern life . The story of those days told ...
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... human endeavor and human achievement ; and the record of it is a power and an inspiration still . With all his faults , he was a manly champion of that Christianity that had iron in its blood , and thought some things worth dying for ...
... human endeavor and human achievement ; and the record of it is a power and an inspiration still . With all his faults , he was a manly champion of that Christianity that had iron in its blood , and thought some things worth dying for ...
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