Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven made by circumstances predominant , and the limits.
... fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven made by circumstances predominant , and the limits.
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... fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is of nature give power to but one at a time made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY.
... fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is of nature give power to but one at a time made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY.
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... facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie ... fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life ...
... facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie ... fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life ...
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... fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We , as we read , must become ... facts , and instinctively we at HISTORY . 11.
... fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We , as we read , must become ... facts , and instinctively we at HISTORY . 11.
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... facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie ... fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life ...
... facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie ... fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life ...
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