Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... intellect dissolves fire , gravity , laws , method , and the sub- tlest unnamed relations of nature in its resistless menstruum . Intellect lies behind genius , which is intellect constructive . Intellect is the simple power anterior to ...
... intellect dissolves fire , gravity , laws , method , and the sub- tlest unnamed relations of nature in its resistless menstruum . Intellect lies behind genius , which is intellect constructive . Intellect is the simple power anterior to ...
Page 286
... Intellect is void of affection , and sees an object as it stands in the light of science , cool and disengaged . The intellect goes out of the individual , floats over its own personality , and regards it as a fact , and not as I and ...
... Intellect is void of affection , and sees an object as it stands in the light of science , cool and disengaged . The intellect goes out of the individual , floats over its own personality , and regards it as a fact , and not as I and ...
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... intellect transmitted to its works , but by a vigilance which brings the intel- lect in its greatness and best state ... intellect must have the like perfection in its apprehension , and in its works . For this reason , an index or ...
... intellect transmitted to its works , but by a vigilance which brings the intel- lect in its greatness and best state ... intellect must have the like perfection in its apprehension , and in its works . For this reason , an index or ...
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