Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 30
... seems the same fellow - beings as I. moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial and pedantic ...
... seems the same fellow - beings as I. moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial and pedantic ...
Page 34
... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and ...
... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and ...
Page 37
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
Page 37
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
Page 74
... seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall ...
... seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall ...
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