The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... means the desire of good things , and aversion means aversion from bad things ; having learned too that happiness and tranquillity are not attainable by man otherwise . than by not failing to obtain what he desires , and not falling ...
... means the desire of good things , and aversion means aversion from bad things ; having learned too that happiness and tranquillity are not attainable by man otherwise . than by not failing to obtain what he desires , and not falling ...
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... means as you abominate ; or what wrong does Providence , if he gives the better things to the better men ? Is it not better to be modest than to be rich ? He admitted this . Why are you vexed then , man , when you possess the better ...
... means as you abominate ; or what wrong does Providence , if he gives the better things to the better men ? Is it not better to be modest than to be rich ? He admitted this . Why are you vexed then , man , when you possess the better ...
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... means of attaining tranquillity , he made intellectual com- fort the object of existence , and the mind's own sensations the sole test of truth and the only guide of action . He believed in gods , who , however , had no concern in the ...
... means of attaining tranquillity , he made intellectual com- fort the object of existence , and the mind's own sensations the sole test of truth and the only guide of action . He believed in gods , who , however , had no concern in the ...
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... means of getting an education , he began to study for the priesthood ; and the Bishop of Cambray sent him to the University of Paris . He became the leading classical scholar of Northern Europe , and he used his knowledge with high ...
... means of getting an education , he began to study for the priesthood ; and the Bishop of Cambray sent him to the University of Paris . He became the leading classical scholar of Northern Europe , and he used his knowledge with high ...
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... have similar views and similar aspirations . Every human soul is an island , and it is surrounded by an unvoyageable sea . It does not , by any means , follow that the child 1668 FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR FELLTHAM, OWEN c 1602-1668.
... have similar views and similar aspirations . Every human soul is an island , and it is surrounded by an unvoyageable sea . It does not , by any means , follow that the child 1668 FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR FELLTHAM, OWEN c 1602-1668.
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