Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with gray beards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with gray beards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
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... Genius should be the child of genius , and every child should be in- spired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half - lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts ...
... Genius should be the child of genius , and every child should be in- spired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half - lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts ...
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... genius and religion . " A man , said " " Oliver Cromwell , " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going . " Dreams and drunkenness , the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius ...
... genius and religion . " A man , said " " Oliver Cromwell , " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going . " Dreams and drunkenness , the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius ...
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