Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 15
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
Page 93
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be ...
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be ...
Page 266
... cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known 266 ESSAY X.
... cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known 266 ESSAY X.
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