4TH.....................1
availability its ability to pay on demand 3d. its speed 4th its Method. Animals have Memories like ours. The horse and2 NHI71 11
 
 5.......................3
poem. Read books of facts, the sciences Botany, Geology, astronomy. 5. Conversation in which thoughts are often struck out as surprising2 NHI71 23
the tumult subsides we can attend to the details (Winckelmann). 5 passages from Dr. Johnson. Jacobi said he could kill himself2 NHI71 48
incessantly in their behalf, the most sacred formula of the 5 letters, that at last they all joined him and were2 NHI71 51
 
 50......................5
five acts ever written can compare with the drama in 50 acts unfolded to the dirtiest sluggard upon the floor of2 NHI70 35
acute perception. 500 years and millions of men and only 50 lines of poetry! Young people think their heads bursting with2 NHI70 58
poet ever wrote so perfect a 5act play as the 50 act poem of the dreaming vagabond in the watchhouse, perfect2 NHI70 60
some two, some three all advance is in a line 50 facts are observed a law is deduced The powerful mind2 NHI71 42
deduces a law as well from one fact as from 50. The generalization takes the place of the many individual facts2 NHI71 42
 
 500.....................5
traveller, the Relation of England by a Venetian in 1,500, three hundred and fifty years ago, I find a similar1 England 201
s great Aunt, but cannot tell if she lived in 500 or in 1,500. It is reported of Burke and2 NMMP5 105
cannot tell if she lived in 500 or in 1,500. It is reported of Burke and Sheridan, that Sheridan prepared2 NMMP5 105
Examples of white thistle berries).) We lack this acute perception. 500 years and millions of men and only 50 lines of2 NHI70 58
the mind has been able to accomplish so little in 500 years perhaps 100 lines of poetry have been written though2 NHI71 10
 
 5000....................2
wait 100 years for a reader, since God had waited 5000 years for such an astronomer as himself. Napoleon spoke of2 NHI70 37
100 years for a reader since God Almighty has waited 5000 years for an observer." Sources of inspiration Health the first2 NHI70 62
 
 5ACT....................1
live all alone. No poet ever wrote so perfect a 5act play as the 50 act poem of the dreaming vagabond2 NHI70 60
 
 6.......................2
pressure of the atmosphere; or dressed in divingsuits manufactured (No. 6 Tremont Street, Boston) by the Roxbury Company, and conveyed by1 NE3 50
Highness on condition that he would allow an escort of 6 grenadiers, who should be instructed to fire on whatever had2 NHI71 28
 
 60......................3
New York; to Maine; to London; and an army of 60,000 volunteers, the sturdiest and keenest men that could be1 Spirit 115
etc., etc. Safford, multiplicand 15 figures, by 15 figures in 60 seconds. Memory perfectly arranged, and contrived and immensely rapid in2 NHI70 58
quickly. Safford who multiplies 15 figures by 15 figures in 60 seconds does it by the span of his memory. We2 NHI71 12
 
 7.......................5
A man comes by with a text of John V. 7. or a knotty sentence of St. Paul which he considers2 Rule 379
enumeration of a few. Such for instance, is Kepler's 7 chords from which he deduced the three laws. So Newton2 NHI70 29
in his stead, and for a year they subsisted on 7 shillings a week which he made by copying. His labors2 NHI70 47
go farther back than to the time when we were 7 years old. Things that precede that age, we remember that2 NHI71 15
of the moment would suffice to excite his eloquence. March 7. Plato (or somebody else) says the man who is master2 NHI71 20
 
 728.....................1
one man. The French Fourier said, therefore, "it took 1,728 persons to make a phalanstery," or one man. And, as1 France 309
 
 776.....................1
corresponding number of syllables in pope emperor. The 1st Olympiad 776 B.C. we can remember by 1776. Sir John Herschel2 NHI71 18
 
 7TH.....................1
higher than any in which our will has ruled. April 7th The relation of Intellect to the Moral Power Intellect Morals2 NHI71 49
 
 80......................1
and we read, that Boston could buy Maine, and have 80,000,000 left. But the valuations of Boston are variable1 Wealth 234
 
 800.....................1
instead of twenty thousand tons, a year ago you manufactured 800,000. Peace you want. But Mr. Cobden and Mr. Burritt1 Angloam 291
 
 8TH.....................1
material among which he often becomes lost and occasionally confused. 8th. Lecture. I have left a few things unsaid which belong2 NHI70 35
 
 99......................1
required for poetry we may say 1 part history to 99 parts music. What makes the charm of Collins' Ode to2 NHI71 38
 
 AAA.....................1
was teaching a little boy his letters "This is A." Aaa said the boy B. Bee so on till W "The2 NHI71 32
 
 ABANDON.................1
the most of it instead of wishing it something else. Abandon yourself to your real love and hate. That which burns2 NHI70 48
 
 ABANDONED...............2
the universal medium of conversation. The Latin has long been abandoned; the French adopted. "It was natural, that the language of1 France 311
of Northern and Border statesmen, could not untie. We have abandoned ourselves to the current, and the current has known the2 Scholar 316
 
 ABANDONING..............1
is a drudge, and they come back lowly and self abandoning to the eternal sentiments of Love and Truth. The time1 NE2 37
 
 ABANDONMENT.............2
considering the remote reaction and bankruptcy, but with the same abandonment to the moment and the facts of the hour as1 NE3 54
of good sense and joking." We have no plaindealing, no abandonment, but every sentence in good society must have a twist1 England 206
 
 ABANDONS................2
an Indian, and remember much which the European more gracefully abandons to his valet. But the main advantage which the American1 England 205
an Indian,) and remember much which the European more gracefully abandons to his valet. But the main advantage which the American1 London 218
 
 ABATE...................2
he must have his fee. He was never known to abate a penny of his rents. In every nation, all the1 1851 263
which the system revolves, the mortified inhabitant was forced to abate his claim to hold the central city of the God2 Rule 377
 
 ABATED..................2
moral, than any other people, and this is no whit abated, but in full play at this moment. I find the1 England 198
his strength increased, for from noon to night his strength abated. 3. New poetry; by which I mean chiefly old poetry2 Resour 358
 
 ABATEMENT...............2
when it is not seen. The public interest demands the abatement of all these injuries which are breeding bad blood long2 Reform 157
men, and then, melted again, come out words, without any abatement, but with an exaltation of power! To know the virtue2 LL2 222
 
 ABBE....................1
without a sword at his side, unless it were an abbe. But, in 1839, there were sixteen peers in France who1 France 331
 
 ABBESS..................1
in a convent accuses everyone, from the novice to the abbess. What right have you to be better than your neighbor2 Tufts 249
 
 ABBEY...................3
and so down: Saxon arches, Norman windows, medieval towers; Westminster Abbey; palaces of Inigo Jones; St. Paul's Cathedral and fiftyfour1 England 194
And so down; Saxon arches, Norman windows, medievaltowers, Westminster Abbey, palaces of Inigo Jones; St. Paul's Cathedral, and fiftyfour1 London 219
annual increase runs up to twenty thousand volumes. In Westminster Abbey, I was surprised to find the tombs cut and scrawled1 London 223
 
 ABBEYS..................1
them. England could not now build her old castles and abbeys, but what the nineteenth century wants, club houses, vaults, docks1 England 199
 
 ABBOTT..................1
have been crowned, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Light, and Mr. Abbott have recorded their humble pretensions to be remembered. "I, Butler1 London 223
 
 ABDICATE................1
will have none of them. Yes, but shall we therefore abdicate our commonsense? I employed false guides and they misled me2 1855 5
 
 ABDICATION..............1
common remark, What force for evil is gained by the abdication once for all of conscience? I believe in the perseverance2 Essent 273
 
 ABED....................1
not respect it themselves. They were better and more respectable abed and asleep. All the best of this class, all who1 Philom 87
 
 ABELARD.................3
need I subscribe to the Encyclopedie? Rivarol visits me." On Abelard's tomb was inscribed, "Abelard, to whom alone was laid2 NMMP5 110
Encyclopedie? Rivarol visits me." On Abelard's tomb was inscribed, "Abelard, to whom alone was laid open whatsoever was knowable." "Abelardus2 NMMP5 110
Father of Memory. It is recorded on the tomb of Abelard that he knew all that was knowable. The best office2 NHI70 33
 
 ABELARDUS...............1
Abelard, to whom alone was laid open whatsoever was knowable." "Abelardus, cui soli patuit scibile quicquid erat." Niebuhr said, "I never2 NMMP5 110
 
 ABERCORN................2
at nobody's cost, and for everybody's comfort. Lord Abercorn, when some one praised the rapid growth of his trees2 Country1 40
at nobody's cost, and for everybody's comfort. Lord Abercorn, when someone praised the rapid growth of his trees, replied2 NMMP1 57
 
 ABERNATHY...............1
van Helmont, to Sydenham, to Dr. Rush of Philadelphia, to Abernathy. And it is hard to think of any hero who2 Resour 346
 
 ABET....................1
You have a law which no man can obey, or abet the obeying, without loss of selfrespect and forfeiture of the1 1851 268
 
 ABETTED.................1
nor convicts, but baptised, vaccinated, schooled, highplaced, official men, who abetted this law. 'O, by all means, catch the slave, and2 1855 3
 
 ABEYANCE................2
outside of their sphere. They have put their beatitude in abeyance, and they testify their fealty by this spending for the1 Adelphi 351
enchant men so that their will and purpose are in abeyance and they serve him with a million hands, just as2 Tufts 244
 
 ABHOR...................3
is science. "There are two things," said Mahomet, "which I abhor, the learned in his infidelities, and the fool in his1 MMNC3 189
plans of life. Fine manners, fine intercourse, require time, and abhor hurry. The climate adds vivacity, but exhausts. In this close1 Angloam 284
the triflers, the incorrigible race who fasten on surfaces, and abhor principles, who nail their attention on all that should be2 NMMP6 126
 
 ABHORS..................1
the sake of property: The property is always timorous and abhors new ideas. But nature is no democrat, but an inexorable2 Reform 159
 
 ABIDE...................7
go; which society cannot dispose of or forget, but which abide there, and will not down at anybody's bidding, but1 Philom 96
opens. Blessed is the region of Thought. "Calm pleasures there abide, majestic pains." There is a certain medicinal value to every1 MMNC1 147
to stay and make their home with us. Whilst they abide with us, we shall not write or think amiss. I2 NMMP3 69
live to honor, justice, and use; everything perishes, but these abide. Be an intellectual power, and, seeing yourself, make others see2 Reform 155
people of Newport to give up his wandering life and abide with them, said; "Should we having no command to stay2 Truth 262
so much as this of right thought. "Calm pleasures here abide, majestic pains." Coleridge traces "three silent revolutions," and the first2 Scholar 309
that he must often face and resist the party, and abide by his resistance, and put them in fear: that the2 Fortune 321
 
 ABIDES..................1
holds together past and present, beholding both, existing in both, abides in the flowing, and gives continuity and dignity to human2 NMMP5 102
 
 ABILITIES...............2
might, and would never go near it again. Whatever transcendent abilities Fichte, Kant, Schelling, and Hegel have shown, I think they2 NMMP3 71
the Lord. Be confident that a man cannot exhaust the abilities of his nature, and the best is never attained but2 NHI70 50
 
 ABILITY.................22
mills, canals, railways, she builds fast and well. A manly ability, a general sufficiency, is the genius of the English. The1 England 199
little; and have a just supply all summer. Plenty of ability for this taming and subduing the land, and for expediting1 Angloam 282
and invitations of their condition. In proportion to the personal ability of each man, he feels the invitation and career which1 Angloam 285
the imagination of aftermen. But we have all manner of ability, except this: we are brave, victorious; we legislate, trade, plant1 Poetry 305
his speeches, and the curious fact, that, with a general ability that impresses all the world, there is not a single1 1854 337
his countrymen, that, namely, the appeal to physical and mental ability, when his character is assailed. And his speeches on the1 1854 337
slavery with diffidence and pain. It has many men of ability and devotion who have consecrated their lives to it. I2 1855 1
are born in that country, I suppose, of as much ability as elsewhere, and yet some blight is on their education2 1855 8
negociation and settlement? Why do not the men of administrative ability in whose brain the prosperity of Philadelphia is rooted; the2 1855 13
think that the poet consults his ease rather than his ability when he takes an ancient or a foreign subject. The2 NMMP4 92
by what arguments, by what methods, or the degree of ability or of success. That shall be as your condition, your2 Reform 153
man. How often we repeat the disappointment of inferring general ability from conspicuous particular ability. But the accumulation on one point2 LL1 210
repeat the disappointment of inferring general ability from conspicuous particular ability. But the accumulation on one point has drained the trunk2 LL1 210
was true valor, and almost, I might say, never real ability shown in a bad cause. For ambition makes us insane2 Tufts 242
and welldeserving, and wellpaying the last sacrifices and the highest ability. But I wish this were a needless task to urge2 Tufts 244
of generalization, and the curious fact, that, with a general ability that impresses all the world, there is not one general2 Essent 272
these volumes of power, I am to say, that his ability and performance are according to his reception of these various2 Perpet 295
And I notice that not only the display of grand ability penetration into the secret of largest laws, and, so, into2 Resour 346
then dark. Not to be measured thermometrically by degrees of ability.) Words often give more than their definitions. Heropoet makeranalogy. (So2 NHI70 56
to its 1 tenacity or Bite, 2nd its availability its ability to pay on demand 3d. its speed 4th its Method2 NHI71 11
of one day or week of rare experience, to the ability to read all the books ever printed. The Greeks distinguished2 NHI71 13
there without doubt, but the only doubt is man's ability to read them. The history of the human race seems2 NHI71 36