Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... 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 one orb, that diverge, ere they fall, by infinite diameters. Genius watches the monad ...
... 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 one orb, that diverge, ere they fall, by infinite diameters. Genius watches the monad ...
Page 18
... 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 one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
... 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 one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
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... young child , in re- pressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the un- derstanding , and that without producing indigna- tion , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , -is a familiar fact , ex ...
... young child , in re- pressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the un- derstanding , and that without producing indigna- tion , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , -is a familiar fact , ex ...
Page 52
... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
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... it is not of to - day . We love it and pay it homage be- cause it is not a trap for our love and homage , but old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
... it is not of to - day . We love it and pay it homage be- cause it is not a trap for our love and homage , but old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
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