Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 17
... are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every VOL . II . 2 HISTORY . 17.
... are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every VOL . II . 2 HISTORY . 17.
Page 22
... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart 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 counterpart 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 ...
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... 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 explains ...
... 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 explains ...
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... is not with- out preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify selves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which of that particular ray . We but half express our 48 SELF - RELIANCE .
... is not with- out preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify selves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which of that particular ray . We but half express our 48 SELF - RELIANCE .
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... 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 ...
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