Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we ...
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we ...
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... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the ...
... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the ...
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... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their intui- tions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains ...
... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their intui- tions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains ...
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... divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards . A man is relieved and gay when he has put ...
... divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards . A man is relieved and gay when he has put ...
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... divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the ...
... divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the ...
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