Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 40
... believe in Eternity . I can find Greece , Palestine , Italy , Spain and the Islands , -the genius and crea- tive principle of each and of all eras , in my own mind . We are always coming up with the facts that have moved us in history ...
... believe in Eternity . I can find Greece , Palestine , Italy , Spain and the Islands , -the genius and crea- tive principle of each and of all eras , in my own mind . We are always coming up with the facts that have moved us in history ...
Page 63
... believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your pri- vate heart is true for all men , —that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for always the inmost becomes the ...
... believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your pri- vate heart is true for all men , —that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for always the inmost becomes the ...
Page 79
... believe him not . Is the acorn better than the oak which is its ful- ness and completion ? Is the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence , then , this worship of the past ? The centuries are ...
... believe him not . Is the acorn better than the oak which is its ful- ness and completion ? Is the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence , then , this worship of the past ? The centuries are ...
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... believe in the riches of the soul , in its proper eternity and omnipresence . We do not be- lieve there is any force in to - day to rival or re - create that beautiful yesterday . We lin- ger in the ruins of the old tent where once we ...
... believe in the riches of the soul , in its proper eternity and omnipresence . We do not be- lieve there is any force in to - day to rival or re - create that beautiful yesterday . We lin- ger in the ruins of the old tent where once we ...
Page 141
... believe in his heart that his client ought to have a verdict . If he does not believe it his unbelief will ap- pear to the jury , despite all his protestations , and will become their unbelief . This is that law whereby a work of art ...
... believe in his heart that his client ought to have a verdict . If he does not believe it his unbelief will ap- pear to the jury , despite all his protestations , and will become their unbelief . This is that law whereby a work of art ...
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