Ideals of Conduct: An Exposition of Moral AttitudesMacmillan, 1926 - 373 pages |
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... live to a smooth old age . How pathetic is Homer's exclamation : " Man's life is brief enough ! " When Odysseus and his companions es- caped from the cave of Cyclops , a glad sight , says Homer , were they to their fellows , for they ...
... live to a smooth old age . How pathetic is Homer's exclamation : " Man's life is brief enough ! " When Odysseus and his companions es- caped from the cave of Cyclops , a glad sight , says Homer , were they to their fellows , for they ...
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... live . Homer speaks of the joy of battle , of the lust for combat . The anger which Achilles felt in his heart toward Hector was sweeter than honey . The heroes of Homer urged each other to be wroth at heart ; this dynamic emotion ...
... live . Homer speaks of the joy of battle , of the lust for combat . The anger which Achilles felt in his heart toward Hector was sweeter than honey . The heroes of Homer urged each other to be wroth at heart ; this dynamic emotion ...
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... live and in all these things is the life of my spirit . . . . For the grave cannot praise thee . The living , the living , he shall praise thee , as I do this day " ( 38:16 , 18 , 19 ) . This pure joy in life overflows in the CIV Psalm ...
... live and in all these things is the life of my spirit . . . . For the grave cannot praise thee . The living , the living , he shall praise thee , as I do this day " ( 38:16 , 18 , 19 ) . This pure joy in life overflows in the CIV Psalm ...
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... live , " he says , " while my breath abides in my breast and my knees move . " The body in Homer is not a dead tool of the soul ; it is a living thing . Anger , courage , despair , are in the heart , are in the breast . When a man dies ...
... live , " he says , " while my breath abides in my breast and my knees move . " The body in Homer is not a dead tool of the soul ; it is a living thing . Anger , courage , despair , are in the heart , are in the breast . When a man dies ...
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... live in the flesh . Greek grave stones do not portray a happy release from life ; they depict a tender sadness at ... lives , than that which he achieves by hand and foot . " Veritably religious were these Greeks in their attitude toward ...
... live in the flesh . Greek grave stones do not portray a happy release from life ; they depict a tender sadness at ... lives , than that which he achieves by hand and foot . " Veritably religious were these Greeks in their attitude toward ...
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Page 30 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 146 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 28 - But thou shalt remember the LORD thy GOD : for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Page 41 - How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 26 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; And thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 36 - And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Page 18 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 26 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 40 - Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ; " I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, "Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Page 278 - Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...