Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 45
... divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius ...
... divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius ...
Page 60
... divine . Thoughtless people contra- dict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
... divine . Thoughtless people contra- dict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
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... divine beauty , and separating in each soul that which is divine from the taint which they have contracted in the world , the lover ascends ever to the highest beauty , to the love and knowledge of the Divinity , by steps on this ladder ...
... divine beauty , and separating in each soul that which is divine from the taint which they have contracted in the world , the lover ascends ever to the highest beauty , to the love and knowledge of the Divinity , by steps on this ladder ...
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