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... thoughts that breathe and words that burn , ' and its numbers rolling and reverberating through the soul's depths ... thought , tend to develope man's capacities , and accomplish the work of human Civilization . And how marvellous the ...
... thoughts that breathe and words that burn , ' and its numbers rolling and reverberating through the soul's depths ... thought , tend to develope man's capacities , and accomplish the work of human Civilization . And how marvellous the ...
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... thought of it ? What to give birth to movement in any kind ? What , least of all , to fuel an unquenchable ardor of enterprise in all departments of human activity Vast spaces must be slowly traversed by land journeys ; or sandy deserts ...
... thought of it ? What to give birth to movement in any kind ? What , least of all , to fuel an unquenchable ardor of enterprise in all departments of human activity Vast spaces must be slowly traversed by land journeys ; or sandy deserts ...
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... thought ! bright thought ! - what need of curse , [ worse ? When hurrying Time is threatening Ay , age will bring thee down more low , Than even my maddest wish could go : How the bright thought my soul per- vades ! [ fades : Just ...
... thought ! bright thought ! - what need of curse , [ worse ? When hurrying Time is threatening Ay , age will bring thee down more low , Than even my maddest wish could go : How the bright thought my soul per- vades ! [ fades : Just ...
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... thought that the demon of avarice must have a strong hold upon a man's heart , to cause him to leave the plea- sant hills and valleys of New - England , to seek for richer soils in the flat prairies of the West . pre- ' I know it is ...
... thought that the demon of avarice must have a strong hold upon a man's heart , to cause him to leave the plea- sant hills and valleys of New - England , to seek for richer soils in the flat prairies of the West . pre- ' I know it is ...
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... thought you did n't look much alike , ' said the lady . Do tell me if his mother war n't dreadful sorry to let him leave her ? ' 6 He has got no mother , ' said Jeremiah . ' I want to know ! ' said the lady ; ' precious soul ! Huldah ...
... thought you did n't look much alike , ' said the lady . Do tell me if his mother war n't dreadful sorry to let him leave her ? ' 6 He has got no mother , ' said Jeremiah . ' I want to know ! ' said the lady ; ' precious soul ! Huldah ...
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