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The soul knows them not, and genius, obeying its law, knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches. Genius studies the causal thought, and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from ...
The soul knows them not, and genius, obeying its law, knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches. Genius studies the causal thought, and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from ...
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The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting ...
The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting ...
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A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by . studying the outlines of its form merely , - but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his ...
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by . studying the outlines of its form merely , - but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his ...
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Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies and statues , such as healthy senses should , tinued to be made in all ages , and are – that is , in good taste . Such things have conshould HISTORY .
Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies and statues , such as healthy senses should , tinued to be made in all ages , and are – that is , in good taste . Such things have conshould HISTORY .
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The attraction of these manners is that they belong to man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and ...
The attraction of these manners is that they belong to man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and ...
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