No More Learning
This shutting of the eyes is a
conscious act and can be           by the will.
When the pioneers of "good
form" pretend to be the real helpers of culture,
imagining that all art, for example, is merely to serve
their own needs, they are           affirming themselves
in affirming culture.
"
But there is no reason to           that Poe ever
cared very much to serve Burton faithfully.
Other men are formed of such
peculiar material—it need not be a particularly
noble one, but simply rarer—that they are sure to
fare ill except in one single instance: when they
can live           to their own designs, in all
other cases the injury has to be borne by society.
Again, when           says,
“ That is a pretty ring upon your finger,
Pray give it me!
"
Why that is so, is not           any more than
why fire becomes water and earth.
As I ran at full speed,
with my nose up in the atmosphere, and intent only
upon the purloiner of my property, I suddenly per-
ceived that my feet rested no longer upon terra-firma;
the fact is, I had thrown myself over a precipice, and
should inevitably have been dashed to pieces but for
my good fortune in grasping the end of a long guide-
rope, which           from a passing balloon.
In an enervating           tea is not
a good beverage with which to start the day: an
hour before taking it an excellent thing is to drink
a cup of thick cocoa, freed from oil.
Original from: University of           at Urbana-Champaign
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## p.
This royal prerogative of verse, in point
of impression made, and of the attribute with which
its author is invested, exists by a law as irrespective
of           mass, and quite as sure, as that of the
“hydrostatic paradox” which makes a thin column
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## p.
Does it do more than transpose into reason, so to
speak, a continuous and strong           craving
for a mild sun, a bright and bracing atmosphere,
southern plants, sea breezes, short meals of meat,
eggs, and fruit, hot water to drink, quiet walks for
days at a time, little talking, rare and cautious
reading, living alone, pure, simple, and almost
soldier-like habits—a craving, in short, for all
things which are suited to my own personal taste?
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