Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 72
... Highest . Such is Calvin- ism , Qakerism Swedenborgianism . The pupil takes the same delight in subordinating everything to the new terminology that a girl does who has just learned botany , in seeing a new earth and new seasons thereby ...
... Highest . Such is Calvin- ism , Qakerism Swedenborgianism . The pupil takes the same delight in subordinating everything to the new terminology that a girl does who has just learned botany , in seeing a new earth and new seasons thereby ...
Page 258
... highest compliment you can pay . Their " highest praising , " said Milton , " is not flattery , and their plainest advice is a kind of praising . " Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul . The simplest person ...
... highest compliment you can pay . Their " highest praising , " said Milton , " is not flattery , and their plainest advice is a kind of praising . " Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul . The simplest person ...
Page 313
... highest art , that they are univer- sally intelligible ; that they restore to us the simplest states of mind ; and are religious . Since what skill is therein shown is the reappearance of the original soul , a jet of pure light ; it ...
... highest art , that they are univer- sally intelligible ; that they restore to us the simplest states of mind ; and are religious . Since what skill is therein shown is the reappearance of the original soul , a jet of pure light ; it ...
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