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Page 70
... intel- lectual power has grown by the study of his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds , the classifica- tion is idolized , passes for the end , and not for a speedily exhaustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to ...
... intel- lectual power has grown by the study of his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds , the classifica- tion is idolized , passes for the end , and not for a speedily exhaustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to ...
Page 250
... . To the well - born child , all the virtues are natural , and not painfully acquired . Speak to his heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment is the germ of intel- lectual 250 ESSAY IX .
... . To the well - born child , all the virtues are natural , and not painfully acquired . Speak to his heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment is the germ of intel- lectual 250 ESSAY IX .
Page 251
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Within the same sentiment is the germ of intel- lectual growth , which obeys the same law . Those who are capable of humility , of justice , of love , of aspiration , stand already on a platform that com- mands the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Within the same sentiment is the germ of intel- lectual growth , which obeys the same law . Those who are capable of humility , of justice , of love , of aspiration , stand already on a platform that com- mands the ...
Page 295
... Intel- lect lies behind genius , which is intellect constructive . Intellect is the simple power anterior to all action or construction . Gladly would I unfold in calm degrees a natural history of the intellect , but what man has yet ...
... Intel- lect lies behind genius , which is intellect constructive . Intellect is the simple power anterior to all action or construction . Gladly would I unfold in calm degrees a natural history of the intellect , but what man has yet ...
Page 296
... intel- lect always ponders . Nature shows all things formed and bound . The intellect pierces the form , over- leaps the wall , detects intrinsic likeness between re- mote things , and reduces all things into a few prin- ciples . The ...
... intel- lect always ponders . Nature shows all things formed and bound . The intellect pierces the form , over- leaps the wall , detects intrinsic likeness between re- mote things , and reduces all things into a few prin- ciples . The ...
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