Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 9
... reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party ...
... reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party ...
Page 11
... reason ; all express more or less distinctly some command of this supreme , il limitable essence . Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at - - first hold to it with swords and laws ...
... reason ; all express more or less distinctly some command of this supreme , il limitable essence . Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at - - first hold to it with swords and laws ...
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... reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So stand before every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napoleon , before a martyrdom of Sir Thomas More , of Sidney , of Marmaduke Robin ...
... reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So stand before every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napoleon , before a martyrdom of Sir Thomas More , of Sidney , of Marmaduke Robin ...
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... reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The ...
... reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The ...
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... reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxists in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy . A man of fine manners shall ...
... reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxists in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy . A man of fine manners shall ...
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