The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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... faculties infinitely improvable . Fears and fancies of the future will therefore be dismissed by all whose intellectual health is sound ; they will enjoy the instant , knowing that this is the true way to secure enjoyment of the unknown ...
... faculties infinitely improvable . Fears and fancies of the future will therefore be dismissed by all whose intellectual health is sound ; they will enjoy the instant , knowing that this is the true way to secure enjoyment of the unknown ...
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... . But he is also akin to the Divinity ; and this is shown in the fact that he can stand intellectually alone , and find exercise for his highest faculties in commune with the Invisible - or , as some would say What is Life ? 15.
... . But he is also akin to the Divinity ; and this is shown in the fact that he can stand intellectually alone , and find exercise for his highest faculties in commune with the Invisible - or , as some would say What is Life ? 15.
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... faculties harmoniously developed , with a pre- ference for art over dress and for literature over flirtation , would she not humanize and civilize him ? Seeing that commerce is the great business of the mass of Englishmen , this is a ...
... faculties harmoniously developed , with a pre- ference for art over dress and for literature over flirtation , would she not humanize and civilize him ? Seeing that commerce is the great business of the mass of Englishmen , this is a ...
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... faculties in her nature enabling her to guide him in circum- stances whereby he is himself perplexed . There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio , Than are dreamt of in your philosophy : and there are also more depths in a ...
... faculties in her nature enabling her to guide him in circum- stances whereby he is himself perplexed . There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio , Than are dreamt of in your philosophy : and there are also more depths in a ...
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... can seldom live so freely as those who devote their faculties to making money out of the world ; but the whirligig of time brings in his revenges , ' and Plutus does not permanently get the 68 The Secret of Long Life .
... can seldom live so freely as those who devote their faculties to making money out of the world ; but the whirligig of time brings in his revenges , ' and Plutus does not permanently get the 68 The Secret of Long Life .
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Pasajes populares
Página 32 - 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 sear. 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.
Página 94 - And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? Yes, we await it! — but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne; And all his store of sad experience he Lays bare of wretched days...