 It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives...  The Slavery of Our Times - Pagina xixde graf Leo Tolstoy - 1900 - 186 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1850 - 156 pagini
...even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it is bis duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and if he...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that 1 do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1866 - 314 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 158 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and,(if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.^) If I devote myself... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1901 - 324 pagini
...course, to devote himself ' , to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong ; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support/' If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 pagini
...course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, ,( even the most enormous wrong; he may still \ properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1898 - 462 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...no thought longer, not to give it practically his supportH If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that... | |
 | Waldo Ralph Browne - 1919 - 166 pagini
...of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Board of Education - 1944 - 824 pagini
..."It is not a man's duty to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; but it is his duty at least to wash his hands of it...thought longer, not to give it practically his support." In our own day, it has been said somewhat more directly. In Lillian Hellman's script for North Star,... | |
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