EssaysHoughton, Mifflin Company, 1883 - 270 pages |
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Page 16
... hands . Of course the value of genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind in good earnest have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the ...
... hands . Of course the value of genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind in good earnest have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the ...
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... hands , and does not leave another to baptize her but baptizes herself ; and this through the meta- morphosis again . I remember that a certain poet described it to me thus : Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things 26 ...
... hands , and does not leave another to baptize her but baptizes herself ; and this through the meta- morphosis again . I remember that a certain poet described it to me thus : Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things 26 ...
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... hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls , drums , and horses ; withdrawing their eyes from the plain face and sufficing objects of nature , the sun , and moon , the animals , the water , and stones , which should be ...
... hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls , drums , and horses ; withdrawing their eyes from the plain face and sufficing objects of nature , the sun , and moon , the animals , the water , and stones , which should be ...
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... hands . How cheap even the liberty then seems ; how mean to study , when an emotion com- municates to the intellect the power to sap and up- heave nature ; how great the perspective ! nations , times , systems , enter and disappear like ...
... hands . How cheap even the liberty then seems ; how mean to study , when an emotion com- municates to the intellect the power to sap and up- heave nature ; how great the perspective ! nations , times , systems , enter and disappear like ...
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... hands . The noise which at a distance appeared like gnashing and thumping , on coming nearer was found to be the voice of disputants . The men in one of his visions , seen in heavenly light , appeared like dragons , and seemed in ...
... hands . The noise which at a distance appeared like gnashing and thumping , on coming nearer was found to be the voice of disputants . The men in one of his visions , seen in heavenly light , appeared like dragons , and seemed in ...
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