The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1854 - Cuba Nolen's plans for development in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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... bonds of brotherhood between widely - sundered nations . Mayst thou , dear reader , feel the same , and let this rec- oncile thee to the LETTER - WRITER . TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS . Stockholm , May , 1853 TO THE READER .
... bonds of brotherhood between widely - sundered nations . Mayst thou , dear reader , feel the same , and let this rec- oncile thee to the LETTER - WRITER . TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS . Stockholm , May , 1853 TO THE READER .
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... feel that from want of due circumspection I had failed herein . I fear , nevertheless , that some of my friends may feel their delicacy wounded by the praise which I could not always withhold . They must forgive me for my love's sake ...
... feel that from want of due circumspection I had failed herein . I fear , nevertheless , that some of my friends may feel their delicacy wounded by the praise which I could not always withhold . They must forgive me for my love's sake ...
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... feel myself to be free and light as a bird upon the bough . Yet it is not this feeling alone which gives me here calmness , and , as it were , wings , but another , which I well understand , and which is common to all alike as to me ...
... feel myself to be free and light as a bird upon the bough . Yet it is not this feeling alone which gives me here calmness , and , as it were , wings , but another , which I well understand , and which is common to all alike as to me ...
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... feel a little bewildered in the beginning . And thus , in the first place , I merely think of getting across the street alive . That beautiful little green plot , with its lovely fountain , seems to me , beside the bustling Broadway ...
... feel a little bewildered in the beginning . And thus , in the first place , I merely think of getting across the street alive . That beautiful little green plot , with its lovely fountain , seems to me , beside the bustling Broadway ...
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... feel myself happy with my thoughts and my Amer- ican books , were not the stream of visitors again in mo- tion , taking up my time and my attention . I must beg of the Downings to defend my forenoon hours , and during them not to allow ...
... feel myself happy with my thoughts and my Amer- ican books , were not the stream of visitors again in mo- tion , taking up my time and my attention . I must beg of the Downings to defend my forenoon hours , and during them not to allow ...
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Page 157 - Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 157 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Page 184 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 156 - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.
Page 41 - Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.
Page 157 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Page 158 - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.
Page 158 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.
Page 158 - Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo. and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Page 160 - ... lies, to live in truth. Does this sound harsh to-day? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine, and if we follow the truth it will bring us out safe at last.