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... soon they would have endowed me with Diana's beauty and been far happier so than to have gained it for themselves . In my teens I became a devoted student of Emerson and took this verse as a motto : " I pray the prayer of Plato old , Oh ...
... soon they would have endowed me with Diana's beauty and been far happier so than to have gained it for themselves . In my teens I became a devoted student of Emerson and took this verse as a motto : " I pray the prayer of Plato old , Oh ...
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... soon succeeded in forcing the door , in spite of my fierce deluge down my brother's spine , and mother's vigorous flourishes impartially distributed among the two boys and their four - footed ally . When the Indians were finally ...
... soon succeeded in forcing the door , in spite of my fierce deluge down my brother's spine , and mother's vigorous flourishes impartially distributed among the two boys and their four - footed ally . When the Indians were finally ...
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... soon . " " The trouble is , " said I , not feeling very much elated just then , " the trouble is , not that we were outfought , but that we were outwitted . The next time you want an Indian fight , boys , we'll be ready for you at all ...
... soon . " " The trouble is , " said I , not feeling very much elated just then , " the trouble is , not that we were outfought , but that we were outwitted . The next time you want an Indian fight , boys , we'll be ready for you at all ...
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... soon decided not to leave the house alone , for prairie fires sometimes crept unpleasantly near , cattle broke into fields or garden , and there was no dinner when we got home . In those days such a being as a " tramp " had not been ...
... soon decided not to leave the house alone , for prairie fires sometimes crept unpleasantly near , cattle broke into fields or garden , and there was no dinner when we got home . In those days such a being as a " tramp " had not been ...
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... soon the poor , wet gopher crawled to the front , his mouth open , and his long teeth in full view . " Whack " went the shovel , but " snap " went old Fido's jaws , and the " happy corn - fields , " as I said , claimed the destroyer so ...
... soon the poor , wet gopher crawled to the front , his mouth open , and his long teeth in full view . " Whack " went the shovel , but " snap " went old Fido's jaws , and the " happy corn - fields , " as I said , claimed the destroyer so ...
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Page 398 - ... fate and checks her tears. And she, the mother of thy boys. Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak, The memory of her buried Joys, And even she who gave thee birth, Will by their pilgrim-circled hearth Talk of thy doom without a sigh: For thou art freedom's now and fame's, One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die.
Page 15 - THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, — a shining frame, — Their great Original proclaim. The...
Page 635 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 398 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 405 - He must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future ; and that his thoughts are as children born to him, which he may not carelessly let die.
Page 691 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey : Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Page 449 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!
Page 394 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 32 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 15 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God.