Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 8
... exists who has not in his own person become to some amount a stockholder in the sin , and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation . Our culture therefore must not omit the arming of the man . Let him hear in season that he is ...
... exists who has not in his own person become to some amount a stockholder in the sin , and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation . Our culture therefore must not omit the arming of the man . Let him hear in season that he is ...
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... exists for culture . It will not now run against an axe at the first step out of the beaten track of opinion . But whoso is heroic will always find crises to try his edge . Human virtue de- mands her champions and martyrs , and the ...
... exists for culture . It will not now run against an axe at the first step out of the beaten track of opinion . But whoso is heroic will always find crises to try his edge . Human virtue de- mands her champions and martyrs , and the ...
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... exist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of na- ture give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one ...
... exist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of na- ture give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one ...
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... exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Everything tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its ...
... exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Everything tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its ...
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... that does not interest us , -kingdom , college , tree , horse , or iron shoe , the roots of all things are in man . It is in the soul that architecture exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies HISTORY . 45.
... that does not interest us , -kingdom , college , tree , horse , or iron shoe , the roots of all things are in man . It is in the soul that architecture exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies HISTORY . 45.
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