Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... . V. LOVE . VI . FRIENDSHIP VII . PRUDENCE VIII . HEROISM IX . THE OVER - SOUL X. CIRCLES XI . INTELLECT XII . ART . PAGE 7 45 89- • 123 159 20 181 • 207 231 249 279 301 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
... . V. LOVE . VI . FRIENDSHIP VII . PRUDENCE VIII . HEROISM IX . THE OVER - SOUL X. CIRCLES XI . INTELLECT XII . ART . PAGE 7 45 89- • 123 159 20 181 • 207 231 249 279 301 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
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... intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For ...
... intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For ...
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... intellects dare not yet hear God himself un- less he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not al- ways set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat ...
... intellects dare not yet hear God himself un- less he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not al- ways set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat ...
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... intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , ' Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hin- dered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his ...
... intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , ' Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hin- dered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his ...
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... . But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our 80 SELF - RELIANCE .
... . But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our 80 SELF - RELIANCE .
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