The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 27, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1862 |
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... fact in the conflict and advance of civilization . There are periods , however , in which this general and pervading tendency asserts itself with peculiar distinctness and power . In the infancy of civilization or before the slow and ...
... fact in the conflict and advance of civilization . There are periods , however , in which this general and pervading tendency asserts itself with peculiar distinctness and power . In the infancy of civilization or before the slow and ...
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... fact . Does it form a picture of humanity to which the entire history of man , so far as he is unaffected by supernatural influences , has contributed ? The ancient civilizations stand to testify at once the dignity and the corruption ...
... fact . Does it form a picture of humanity to which the entire history of man , so far as he is unaffected by supernatural influences , has contributed ? The ancient civilizations stand to testify at once the dignity and the corruption ...
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... fact has received wide and impressive illustration in all the history of civilization . We may observe its influence on Government , in the spirit which leads men to overlook its proper and spiritual end , and to center the attention ...
... fact has received wide and impressive illustration in all the history of civilization . We may observe its influence on Government , in the spirit which leads men to overlook its proper and spiritual end , and to center the attention ...
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... fact is also illustrated in the history of Literature and Art . See how every luxurious or sensuous tendency was checked and subdued in the mind and soul of Milton . Beauty had no place in that aus- tere and spiritual culture , save as ...
... fact is also illustrated in the history of Literature and Art . See how every luxurious or sensuous tendency was checked and subdued in the mind and soul of Milton . Beauty had no place in that aus- tere and spiritual culture , save as ...
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... . There is even less than the average degree of this simplicity in the verse of to day ; there is a tendency to obscurity and transcendentalism . In fact , our prose literature has borrowed 264 [ July THE AGE OF EASE IN LITERATURE .
... . There is even less than the average degree of this simplicity in the verse of to day ; there is a tendency to obscurity and transcendentalism . In fact , our prose literature has borrowed 264 [ July THE AGE OF EASE IN LITERATURE .
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Page 276 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 254 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 292 - Upon many a well-fought field; A braver and a nobler knight, Never the sword did wield. Sleep, soldier sleep ! from sorrow free, And sin and strife, 'tis well with thee; It is well, though many a tear Laments the fallen volunteer. Gather roses white and red And scatter them softly on his breast...
Page 292 - ... in the Classical division in his class. He entered Yale College the following September, being at the time only fifteen years of age, and, if we remember aright, the youngest of his class. He possessed remarkable natural talents, and his industry and good conduct ever endeared him to his teachers. When the war broke out he enlisted as a private in Capt. Arthur's company, Col. McCarter's Regiment, the 93d PV, and served in the severe battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks. All know how the 93d...
Page 296 - Who can swallow an elephant as well as a toad, and is noted for his great longevity. He'll swallow himself, crawl through himself, come out with great facility, Tie himself up in a bow-knot, snap his tail and wink with great agility.