EssaysHoughton, Mifflin Company, 1883 - 270 pages |
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Page 11
... stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression . Notwithstanding this necessity to ...
... stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression . Notwithstanding this necessity to ...
Page 12
... stand respectively for the love of truth , for the love of good , and for the love of beauty . These three are equal . Each is that which he is , essen- tially , so that he cannot be surmounted or ana- lyzed , and each of these three ...
... stand respectively for the love of truth , for the love of good , and for the love of beauty . These three are equal . Each is that which he is , essen- tially , so that he cannot be surmounted or ana- lyzed , and each of these three ...
Page 13
... stands on the cen- tre . For the world is not painted or adorned , but is from the beginning beautiful ; and God has not made some heautiful things , but Beauty is the cre- ator of the universe . Therefore the poet is not any permissive ...
... stands on the cen- tre . For the world is not painted or adorned , but is from the beginning beautiful ; and God has not made some heautiful things , but Beauty is the cre- ator of the universe . Therefore the poet is not any permissive ...
Page 14
... he was not only a lyrist but a poet , we were obliged to confess that he is plainly a contemporary , not an eternal man . He does not stand out of our low limitations , like a Chimborazo under the line , run- 14 THE POET .
... he was not only a lyrist but a poet , we were obliged to confess that he is plainly a contemporary , not an eternal man . He does not stand out of our low limitations , like a Chimborazo under the line , run- 14 THE POET .
Page 15
... standing and sitting in the walks and terraces . We hear , through all the varied music , the ground - tone of conventional life . Our poets are men of talents who sing , and not the chil- dren of music . The argument is secondary , the ...
... standing and sitting in the walks and terraces . We hear , through all the varied music , the ground - tone of conventional life . Our poets are men of talents who sing , and not the chil- dren of music . The argument is secondary , the ...
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