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... whole . " That is what we find when we command ourselves to leave some cher- ished evil ; something breaks out into rebellion or , at least , opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life's severest conflicts ...
... whole . " That is what we find when we command ourselves to leave some cher- ished evil ; something breaks out into rebellion or , at least , opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life's severest conflicts ...
Page 83
... whole fabric of our social system , leaving nothing behind but chaos . We refuse , however , to believe that human nature can only be acted upon by selfish consider- ations . Such statements might have been listened to before the war ...
... whole fabric of our social system , leaving nothing behind but chaos . We refuse , however , to believe that human nature can only be acted upon by selfish consider- ations . Such statements might have been listened to before the war ...
Page 110
... whole system has emerged in one greater than itself — greater in obedience , greater in moral choice , greater in self- sacrificing surrender to duty and to love - so that looking upon the whole process , we understand afresh the great ...
... whole system has emerged in one greater than itself — greater in obedience , greater in moral choice , greater in self- sacrificing surrender to duty and to love - so that looking upon the whole process , we understand afresh the great ...
Page 112
... whole nature of the reader . It assumes certain elemental convictions and affirmations . If these are denied , the poet will not attempt to argue with us . He has , indeed , no argument to advance . You cannot prove ultimate things like ...
... whole nature of the reader . It assumes certain elemental convictions and affirmations . If these are denied , the poet will not attempt to argue with us . He has , indeed , no argument to advance . You cannot prove ultimate things like ...
Page 117
... , That God , which ever lives and loves , One God , one law , one element , And one far - off divine event , To which the whole creation moves . " The promise was fulfilled in the experience of this modern IN MODERN LITERATURE 117.
... , That God , which ever lives and loves , One God , one law , one element , And one far - off divine event , To which the whole creation moves . " The promise was fulfilled in the experience of this modern IN MODERN LITERATURE 117.
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