Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 46
... thou art gone . If thou have colleagues , respect them ; and rather call them when they look not for it , than exclude them when they have reason to look to be called . Be not too sensible or too remembering of thy place in conversation ...
... thou art gone . If thou have colleagues , respect them ; and rather call them when they look not for it , than exclude them when they have reason to look to be called . Be not too sensible or too remembering of thy place in conversation ...
Page 52
... thou hast , except thou come and follow me ; that is , except thou have a vocation wherein thou mayest do as much good with little means as with great ; for otherwise , in feeding the streams thou driest the fountain . Neither is there ...
... thou hast , except thou come and follow me ; that is , except thou have a vocation wherein thou mayest do as much good with little means as with great ; for otherwise , in feeding the streams thou driest the fountain . Neither is there ...
Page 134
... thou shalt judge hurtful , to discontinue it by little and little ; but so , as if thou dost find any inconvenience by the change , thou come back to it again ; for it is hard to distinguish that which is generally held good and ...
... thou shalt judge hurtful , to discontinue it by little and little ; but so , as if thou dost find any inconvenience by the change , thou come back to it again ; for it is hard to distinguish that which is generally held good and ...
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