Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the opinion , and when it shall be a private ...
... man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the opinion , and when it shall be a private ...
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... man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the Each opinion , and when it shall be a ...
... man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the Each opinion , and when it shall be a ...
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... man , but we find it not in our man . But we apply ourselves to the history of its production . We put ourselves into the place and state of the builder . We re- member the forest - dwellers , the first temples , the adherence to the ...
... man , but we find it not in our man . But we apply ourselves to the history of its production . We put ourselves into the place and state of the builder . We re- member the forest - dwellers , the first temples , the adherence to the ...
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... man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individ- uals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love ...
... man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individ- uals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love ...
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... man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an outrage , or has heard an ...
... man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an outrage , or has heard an ...
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