Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man at one period and works a rev- olution in his mind and body ; unites him to his race , pledges him to the domestic and civic relations , carries him with new sympa- thy into nature , enhances ...
... divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man at one period and works a rev- olution in his mind and body ; unites him to his race , pledges him to the domestic and civic relations , carries him with new sympa- thy into nature , enhances ...
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... divine thing the an- cients esteemed it . It is , they said , the flow- ering of virtue . Who can analyze the name- less charm which glances from one and an- other face and form ? We are touched with emotions of tenderness and ...
... divine thing the an- cients esteemed it . It is , they said , the flow- ering of virtue . Who can analyze the name- less charm which glances from one and an- other face and form ? We are touched with emotions of tenderness and ...
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... divine from the taint which it has contracted in the world , the lover ascends to the highest beauty , to the love and knowledge of the Divinity , by steps on this ladder of created souls . Somewhat like this have the truly wise told us ...
... divine from the taint which it has contracted in the world , the lover ascends to the highest beauty , to the love and knowledge of the Divinity , by steps on this ladder of created souls . Somewhat like this have the truly wise told us ...
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... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chem- ical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are ...
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chem- ical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are ...
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... divine model . Strasburg Ca- thedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for ...
... divine model . Strasburg Ca- thedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for ...
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