Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... respect themselves . I have no expectation that any man will read history aright , who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have resounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is doing to - day . The world ...
... respect themselves . I have no expectation that any man will read history aright , who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have resounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is doing to - day . The world ...
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... respecting the Pyramids , the excavated cities , Stonehenge , the Ohio Circles , Mexico , Memphis - is the desire to do away this wild , savage , and preposterous There or Then , and introduce in its place the Here and the Now . Belzom ...
... respecting the Pyramids , the excavated cities , Stonehenge , the Ohio Circles , Mexico , Memphis - is the desire to do away this wild , savage , and preposterous There or Then , and introduce in its place the Here and the Now . Belzom ...
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... respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner of persons they were , and what they did . We have the ...
... respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner of persons they were , and what they did . We have the ...
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... respect . Thoughtless people con- tradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
... respect . Thoughtless people con- tradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
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... respect as examples of its presence and impure action . I see the same law working in nature for conservation and growth . Power is in nature the essential measure of right . Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot ...
... respect as examples of its presence and impure action . I see the same law working in nature for conservation and growth . Power is in nature the essential measure of right . Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot ...
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