The Desire of Reputation: An Address, Before the Phoenix and Union Societies of Hamilton College, July 28, 1841 |
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... standing over remains long since forgotten ; and the lofty pyramid , though the name of its builder is no longer known ; each one shows how deeply this desire once fixed itself in some human heart . Every work of art ; every temple ...
... standing over remains long since forgotten ; and the lofty pyramid , though the name of its builder is no longer known ; each one shows how deeply this desire once fixed itself in some human heart . Every work of art ; every temple ...
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... stands unmoved , and glories in its height . His towering soul , Midst all the shocks and injuries of fortune , Rises superior " But I need not pause here to say what true is . It is that trait of mind which , while it re spect for the ...
... stands unmoved , and glories in its height . His towering soul , Midst all the shocks and injuries of fortune , Rises superior " But I need not pause here to say what true is . It is that trait of mind which , while it re spect for the ...
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... stands alone ; which , secure in the belief of uprightness of intention , can follow out its own convic- tions , though ... stand up against pre- vailing but bad customs ; to brave the smile of contempt and the finger of scorn when one ...
... stands alone ; which , secure in the belief of uprightness of intention , can follow out its own convic- tions , though ... stand up against pre- vailing but bad customs ; to brave the smile of contempt and the finger of scorn when one ...
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... stand . A proper sentime formed of Alexander and Cæsar ; of Charle Henry VIII .; and is forming , with a rapidity v can check , of him who was triumphant at I who lost his crown and his glory at Waterl bered he may be , perhaps , as ...
... stand . A proper sentime formed of Alexander and Cæsar ; of Charle Henry VIII .; and is forming , with a rapidity v can check , of him who was triumphant at I who lost his crown and his glory at Waterl bered he may be , perhaps , as ...
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... stand ! So it will be in the walks of litera- e and science . The world will judge right . Gibbon , of endid genius , but skeptical and obscene , will descend m his elevation . Swift , a man of fine talents and a fine iter , has exiled ...
... stand ! So it will be in the walks of litera- e and science . The world will judge right . Gibbon , of endid genius , but skeptical and obscene , will descend m his elevation . Swift , a man of fine talents and a fine iter , has exiled ...
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