Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 14
... sentiment as some wild mountain walk , although the resemblance is nowise obvious to the senses , but is occult and out of the reach of the understanding . Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws . She hums ...
... sentiment as some wild mountain walk , although the resemblance is nowise obvious to the senses , but is occult and out of the reach of the understanding . Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws . She hums ...
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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... to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; HISTORY . 29.
... to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; HISTORY . 29.
Page 39
... sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to be- lieve that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , that is genius . Speak your latent conviction ...
... sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to be- lieve that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , that is genius . Speak your latent conviction ...
Page 42
... sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy ...
... sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy ...
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