Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 24
... sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institu tions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , 24 ESSAY I.
... sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institu tions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , 24 ESSAY I.
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... come to revere their in- tuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety ex- plains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zo- roaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate them- selves in the mind ...
... come to revere their in- tuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety ex- plains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zo- roaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate them- selves in the mind ...
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... comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Æsop , of Homer , of Hafiz , of Ariosto , of Chaucer , of Scott , and verifies them with his own . head and hands . The beautiful fables of the Greeks , being proper creations of ...
... comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Æsop , of Homer , of Hafiz , of Ariosto , of Chaucer , of Scott , and verifies them with his own . head and hands . The beautiful fables of the Greeks , being proper creations of ...
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... come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was suffocated by the gripe of Hercules , but every time he touched his mother earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant ...
... come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was suffocated by the gripe of Hercules , but every time he touched his mother earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant ...
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... come , all putting questions to the human spirit . Those men who cannot answer by a superior wisdom these facts or ... comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into ...
... come , all putting questions to the human spirit . Those men who cannot answer by a superior wisdom these facts or ... comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into ...
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