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Page 252
Inwardly , it is the result of human imperfection ; not that human imperfection is
the cause , but that it is the condition , and the sole condition , under which
human governinent exists . Imperfection is a disease for which Government is an
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Inwardly , it is the result of human imperfection ; not that human imperfection is
the cause , but that it is the condition , and the sole condition , under which
human governinent exists . Imperfection is a disease for which Government is an
...
Page 253
human legislation , — which , even when it is the offspring of the greatest human
foresight , combined with the utmost purity of purpose , is , and must often be ,
artificial , incomplete , and unnatural in its operations ; cramping and constraining
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human legislation , — which , even when it is the offspring of the greatest human
foresight , combined with the utmost purity of purpose , is , and must often be ,
artificial , incomplete , and unnatural in its operations ; cramping and constraining
...
Page 312
Those who entertain exalted views of human nature and are continually
expatiating on the moral dignity of man , may deem it an absurd ... We are not of
that number who believe in such high moral excellence as natural to humanity . It
is the ...
Those who entertain exalted views of human nature and are continually
expatiating on the moral dignity of man , may deem it an absurd ... We are not of
that number who believe in such high moral excellence as natural to humanity . It
is the ...
Page 388
He has seen the weakness of human nature , how easy it is for men to delude
themselves ; he knows how seldom entire faith can be put in any human Belief .
The most opposite questions in politics and morals , he observes , are supported
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He has seen the weakness of human nature , how easy it is for men to delude
themselves ; he knows how seldom entire faith can be put in any human Belief .
The most opposite questions in politics and morals , he observes , are supported
...
Page 389
And indifferent to all human matters , but what affect his present comfort ; placing
no confidence in anything , except his own judgment , he floats down the tide of
human life . Death has no terrors for him . With the most thorough indifference he
...
And indifferent to all human matters , but what affect his present comfort ; placing
no confidence in anything , except his own judgment , he floats down the tide of
human life . Death has no terrors for him . With the most thorough indifference he
...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.