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Page 183
... soul I confessed me ; and my confessor , Leonardo , was thy brother - the murderer of our peace , thine honor , and my soul . The fatal secret of thy perversion he made the instrument of our ruin - and how well has he succeeded . Do I ...
... soul I confessed me ; and my confessor , Leonardo , was thy brother - the murderer of our peace , thine honor , and my soul . The fatal secret of thy perversion he made the instrument of our ruin - and how well has he succeeded . Do I ...
Page 278
... souls to its subduing power . We have spoken of the present . We have contemplated its dusty , soul - parching paths . We have sickened , not sighed , over it ; for the present has not power to awaken the sigh . We turn to the future ...
... souls to its subduing power . We have spoken of the present . We have contemplated its dusty , soul - parching paths . We have sickened , not sighed , over it ; for the present has not power to awaken the sigh . We turn to the future ...
Page 279
... soul feels the stirrings of immortality within , feels that the present and actual is unworthy its high destiny . Is this wisdom , or is it folly ? to become insensible to the present in attention to the future ? It partakes of the ...
... soul feels the stirrings of immortality within , feels that the present and actual is unworthy its high destiny . Is this wisdom , or is it folly ? to become insensible to the present in attention to the future ? It partakes of the ...
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