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Page 30
... human doors , and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him ; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe , his speech is thunder , his thought is law , and his words are universally intelligible as the ...
... human doors , and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him ; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe , his speech is thunder , his thought is law , and his words are universally intelligible as the ...
Page 42
... human figures ; the orator , into the assembly of the peo- ple ; and the others in such scenes as each has found exciting to his intellect ; and cach presently feels the new desire . He hears a voice , he sees a beckoning . Then he is ...
... human figures ; the orator , into the assembly of the peo- ple ; and the others in such scenes as each has found exciting to his intellect ; and cach presently feels the new desire . He hears a voice , he sees a beckoning . Then he is ...
Page 54
... human life ? Of what use , if the brain is too cold or too hot , and the man does not care enough for results to stimulate him to experi ment , and hold him up in it ? or if the web is too finely woven , too irritable by pleasure and ...
... human life ? Of what use , if the brain is too cold or too hot , and the man does not care enough for results to stimulate him to experi ment , and hold him up in it ? or if the web is too finely woven , too irritable by pleasure and ...
Page 65
... human body never absent . A collector recently bought at public auction , in London , for one hun- dred and fifty - seven guineas , an autograph of Shak- speare ; but for nothing a school - boy can read Ham- let and can detect secrets ...
... human body never absent . A collector recently bought at public auction , in London , for one hun- dred and fifty - seven guineas , an autograph of Shak- speare ; but for nothing a school - boy can read Ham- let and can detect secrets ...
Page 67
... , and the universe , which holds thee dear , shall be the better . Human life is made up of the two elements , power and form , and the proportion must be inva- : riably kept if we would have it sweet and sound EXPERIENCE . 67.
... , and the universe , which holds thee dear , shall be the better . Human life is made up of the two elements , power and form , and the proportion must be inva- : riably kept if we would have it sweet and sound EXPERIENCE . 67.
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