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... ideas on life made up in tabloid form ; they have creeds and catechisms which they know by heart , and if you suggest to them anything different , they give you a startled look and get out of your way . And then there is another , and ...
... ideas on life made up in tabloid form ; they have creeds and catechisms which they know by heart , and if you suggest to them anything different , they give you a startled look and get out of your way . And then there is another , and ...
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... idea that life might be a series of sensations which some sportive demon is producing for the torment of man ! More ... ideas , and thus testify to the worthwhileness of truth and the perfectibility of mankind . There has come to be a ...
... idea that life might be a series of sensations which some sportive demon is producing for the torment of man ! More ... ideas , and thus testify to the worthwhileness of truth and the perfectibility of mankind . There has come to be a ...
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... ideas are spreading , the champions of dogma are hard put to it , and you will find their minds a muddle of two points of view . The Jewish rabbi will strive desperately to think of some hygienic objection to the presence of meat and ...
... ideas are spreading , the champions of dogma are hard put to it , and you will find their minds a muddle of two points of view . The Jewish rabbi will strive desperately to think of some hygienic objection to the presence of meat and ...
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... idea that the United States government should be overthrown in the same way that it was established- that is , by force ; only a few months ago the writer of this book was on the witness stand for two days , and had the pain- ful ...
... idea that the United States government should be overthrown in the same way that it was established- that is , by force ; only a few months ago the writer of this book was on the witness stand for two days , and had the pain- ful ...
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... idea that for this service He will reward us by an eternity of sulphur and brimstone . Throughout the remainder of this book it will be assumed that the reader accepts this point of view , or , at any rate , that he is willing for ...
... idea that for this service He will reward us by an eternity of sulphur and brimstone . Throughout the remainder of this book it will be assumed that the reader accepts this point of view , or , at any rate , that he is willing for ...
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Page 196 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 197 - Nor ruin make accusers great; Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend; — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And have nothing, yet hath all.
Page 197 - Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless day, With a religious book or friend.
Page 39 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 44 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 174 - I would not like to guess just what percentage of dying people in our hospitals might be saved if the doctors would withdraw all food from them...
Page 21 - ... reactionary (according as he placed his good either in the future or the past), or, thirdly, pessimistic, as in the poetry of regret or of despair. Hesiod sings of a lost golden age, and in this he represents the most pervading sentiment of ancient culture. Dante, on the other hand, had fixed his gaze on ' one far off divine event, towards which the whole Creation moves.
Page 41 - I say to you that if you want to find happiness in this life, look with distrust upon all absolutes, and ultimates, all hard and fast rules, all formulas and dogmas and "general principles." Bear in mind that there are many factors in every case, there are many complications in every human being, there are many sides to every question. Try to keep an open mind and an even temper. Try to take an interest in learning something new every day, and in trying some new experiment. This is the scientific...
Page 41 - ... general principles." Bear in mind that there are many factors in every case, there are many complications in every human being, there are many sides to every question. Try to keep an open mind and an even temper. Try to take an interest in learning something new every day, and in trying some new experiment. This is the scientific attitude toward life; this is the way of growth and of true success. It is inconvenient, because it involves working your brains, and most people have not been taught...
Page 173 - I have known of two or three cases of people dying while they were fasting," Sinclair writes in his Book of Life, "but I feel quite certain that the fast did not cause their death, they would have died anyhow.