Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 11
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we ...
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we ...
Page 16
... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counter- part of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for ...
... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counter- part of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for ...
Page 25
... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their in- tuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety ex- plains ...
... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their in- tuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety ex- plains ...
Page 41
... divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the ...
... divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the ...
Page 57
... divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should commu- nicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light ...
... divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should commu- nicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light ...
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