Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 30
... seems the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial ...
... seems the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial ...
Page 34
... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and ...
... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and ...
Page 37
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
Page 50
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnec essary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a din- ner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnec essary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a din- ner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
Page 52
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . " No law can be sacred to - Good and bad are but me but that of my nature . names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is ...
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . " No law can be sacred to - Good and bad are but me but that of my nature . names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is ...
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