Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and his works |
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... believe it , or any other childish wrong is infinite , as some have pretended ; but infinitely finite . Yet , oh , if I had but won that battle ? " What One sees here the sterling worth of our author's character ; —a feeling which can ...
... believe it , or any other childish wrong is infinite , as some have pretended ; but infinitely finite . Yet , oh , if I had but won that battle ? " What One sees here the sterling worth of our author's character ; —a feeling which can ...
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... believe what some of our cold - blooded creeds express concerning poor erring humanity , and the limbos to which some grim theologians so glibly ( in words only , thank Heaven ! ) consign them . The following remarks , in the " Autocrat ...
... believe what some of our cold - blooded creeds express concerning poor erring humanity , and the limbos to which some grim theologians so glibly ( in words only , thank Heaven ! ) consign them . The following remarks , in the " Autocrat ...
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... believe nobody has made before me . You know very well that I write verses sometimes . Of course I write some lines or passages which are better than others some which , compared with the others , might be called relatively excellent ...
... believe nobody has made before me . You know very well that I write verses sometimes . Of course I write some lines or passages which are better than others some which , compared with the others , might be called relatively excellent ...
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... believe no wrong of nobody , not till y ' must , least of all of them that come o ' the same folks , partly , and has lived with ye all their days . I tell y ' , Myrtle Hazard's jest as innocent of all what y've been thinkin ' about ...
... believe no wrong of nobody , not till y ' must , least of all of them that come o ' the same folks , partly , and has lived with ye all their days . I tell y ' , Myrtle Hazard's jest as innocent of all what y've been thinkin ' about ...
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... believe some people save their bright thoughts as being too precious for conversation . What do you think an admiring friend said the other day to one that was talking good things - good enough to print ? Why , ' said he , ' you are ...
... believe some people save their bright thoughts as being too precious for conversation . What do you think an admiring friend said the other day to one that was talking good things - good enough to print ? Why , ' said he , ' you are ...
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Página 160 - We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Página 43 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Página 97 - ... knowledge, are things men are very apt to be conceited about. Nature is very wise; but for this encouraging principle how many small talents and little accomplishments would be neglected! Talk about conceit as much as you like, it is to human character what salt is to the ocean; it keeps it sweet, and renders it endurable. Say rather it is like the natural unguent of the sea-fowl's plumage, which enables him to shed the rain that falls on him and the wave in which he dips. When one has had all...
Página 131 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Página 52 - O Love Divine, that stooped to share Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, On Thee we cast each earthborn care, We smile at pain while Thou art near 1 Though long the weary way we tread, And sorrow crown each lingering year, No path we shun, no darkness dread, Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near...
Página 32 - Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen!
Página 55 - O Father ! grant Thy love divine To make these mystic temples Thine ! When wasting age" and wearying strife Have sapped the leaning walls of life, When darkness gathers over all, And the last tottering pillars fall, Take the poor dust Thy mercy warms, And mould it into heavenly forms ! VIII.
Página 53 - Sun of our life, Thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day ; Star of our hope, Thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night.
Página 54 - Not in the world of light alone, Where God has built His blazing throne, Nor yet alone in earth below, With belted seas that come and go, And endless isles of sunlit green, Is all thy Maker's glory seen : Look in upon thy wondrous frame, — Eternal wisdom still the same...
Página 102 - If you ever saw a crow with a king-bird after him, you will get an image of a dull speaker and a lively listener. The bird in sable plumage flaps heavily along his straightforward course, while the other sails round him, over him, under him, leaves him, comes back again, tweaks out a black feather, shoots away once more, never losing sight of him, and finally reaches the crow's perch at the same time the crow does...