The Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary Portraits |
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His slow , snailpaced , bed - rid habits of reasoning cannot keep up with the
whirling , eccentric motion , the rapid , perhaps extravagant combinations of
modern literature . He has long been stationary himself , and is determined that
others ...
His slow , snailpaced , bed - rid habits of reasoning cannot keep up with the
whirling , eccentric motion , the rapid , perhaps extravagant combinations of
modern literature . He has long been stationary himself , and is determined that
others ...
Сторінка 227
He cannot keep a good thing or a shrewd piece of information in his possession ,
though the letting it out should mar a cause . It is not that he thinks too much of
himself , too little of his cause ; but he is absorbed in the pursuit of truth as an ...
He cannot keep a good thing or a shrewd piece of information in his possession ,
though the letting it out should mar a cause . It is not that he thinks too much of
himself , too little of his cause ; but he is absorbed in the pursuit of truth as an ...
Сторінка 232
... to a tincture of pedantry . In general , his love of liberty is pure , as it is warm
and steady : his humanity is unconstrained and free . His heart does not ask
leave of his head to feel ; nor does prudence always keep 232 THE SPIRIT OF
THE AGE.
... to a tincture of pedantry . In general , his love of liberty is pure , as it is warm
and steady : his humanity is unconstrained and free . His heart does not ask
leave of his head to feel ; nor does prudence always keep 232 THE SPIRIT OF
THE AGE.
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