Books with title People

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Excerpt from People (Thither Coming Out of a Region Wherein Disasters Are Met as if They Were a Jest), Whom You May Meet at the FairThe law is of the intellect; the intellect sees, and is satisfied with the letter of the bond, or agreement; and cannot comprehend the absurdity that calls for heart and spirit wherefrom are the issues of life, - or equity. To the bond or con tract, ih the play of the Merchant of Venice, the one in whose favor it was, would have the law applied. His intellect could not see any reason why it should not be carried out. But there is a heart in man, - as well as a mind. In olden times men wished an eye for an eye, and the tooth for a tooth that the law gave. There was no reason against this. But a dispensation greater than the old law came into the world, - through the heart. And this dispensation was the quality of mercy, not strained, which is Equity, given to the world by one who, in blessing the merciful, put an end to many an ancient contract.The law would leave the hearts of all men as cold, - as dead, - as the icebergs that come down from the north. But equity which is of the heart, has in it a quality that at the right time and um der circumstances that have altered. Can melt them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from His PeopleStill I believe that, be it bad or good, all that a writer does is to dress up what he has seen, or felt, or heard, and nothing real is evolved from his own brain, except the words he uses, and the way in which he uses them. Therefore it follows, that in writing he sets down (perhaps unwittingly) the story of his life, and as he does so, makes it worth reading only by chronicling all his impressions of the world quite honestly, as if he were alone upon a desert island (as in fact he is) and he were writing on the sand.Upon this head at least, he need not trouble, for Time is like a strong north wind, which moves the sand upon the shore, and covers up all tracks which human feet have made upon it, however deeply they may seem to mark, no matter if the foot that made them were as perfect as the best Praxiteles designed or as a desert Arab maiden's, henna-dyed and light as a gazelle's.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.