Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus , of the genius of one remarkable people , we have a fourfold representation ; and ...
... religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus , of the genius of one remarkable people , we have a fourfold representation ; and ...
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... religious injunction , because of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , these propensities still fight out the old battle in the nation and in the individual . The nomads ...
... religious injunction , because of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , these propensities still fight out the old battle in the nation and in the individual . The nomads ...
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... migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is C the friend of man ; stands between the unjust ' HISTORY 17.
... migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is C the friend of man ; stands between the unjust ' HISTORY 17.
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... religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- cernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes of others have no other data for com- puting ...
... religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- cernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes of others have no other data for com- puting ...
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... religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the ...
... religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the ...
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