Constance Naden: A MemoirBickers & Son, 1890 - 91 ページ |
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80 ページ - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
81 ページ - I endeavoured to recall the ideas, they were feeble and indistinct; one collection of terms, however, presented itself: and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, " Nothing exists but thoughts! — -the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains...
76 ページ - ... so long as they are not actually perceived by me, or do not exist in my mind or that of any other created spirit, they must either have no existence at all or else subsist in the mind of some eternal spirit...
27 ページ - Evolution can end only in the establishment of the greatest perfection and the most complete happiness.
41 ページ - No more ? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime, Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail ! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
29 ページ - Serene will be our days and bright And happy will our nature be When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Ev'n now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
29 ページ - No sport of every random gust, Yet being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust; And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred...
32 ページ - And were they false — ah, well, she knows it not. Look in her face, and lose thy dread of dying ; Weep not, that rest will come, that toil will cease : Is it not well, to lie as she is lying, In utter silence, and in perfect peace? Canst thou repine, that sentient days are numbered? Death is unconscious Life, that waits for birth : So didst thou live, while yet thine embryo slumbered, Senseless, unbreathing, e'en as heaven and earth.
90 ページ - But we are not to count this productivity as truly feminine if it entails decreased fulfilment of the maternal functions. Only that mental energy is normally feminine, which can co-exist with the production and nursing of the due number of healthy children.
33 ページ - Ah, wherefore weep, although the form and fashion Of what thou seemest fades like sunset flame ? The uncreated Source of toil and passion Through everlasting change abides the same. Yes, thou shalt die ; but these almighty forces, That meet to form thee, live for evermore ; They hold the suns in their eternal courses, And shape the tiny sand-grains on the shore. Be calmly glad, thine own true kindred seeing In fire and storm, in flowers with dew impearled ; Rejoice in thine imperishable being, One...