Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... cause, the variety of appearance. Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all- creating nature, soft and fluid as a cloud or the air, why should we be such hard pedants, and magnify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time, or ...
... cause, the variety of appearance. Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all- creating nature, soft and fluid as a cloud or the air, why should we be such hard pedants, and magnify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time, or ...
Page 17
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
Page 18
... cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all- creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , why should we be such hard pedants , and mag- nify a few forms ? Why should we make account of ...
... cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all- creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , why should we be such hard pedants , and mag- nify a few forms ? Why should we make account of ...
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... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
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... ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
... ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
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