Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 43
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart , is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense ; for always ...
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart , is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense ; for always ...
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... thought rises to an equal height in all bosoms , that all have a spiritual property in what was said , as well as the sayer . They all wax wiser than they were . It arches over them like a temple , this unity of thought , in which every ...
... thought rises to an equal height in all bosoms , that all have a spiritual property in what was said , as well as the sayer . They all wax wiser than they were . It arches over them like a temple , this unity of thought , in which every ...
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... thought , it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own , we in- stantly crave another ; we are not really enriched . For the truth was in us , before it was reflected to us from natural objects ; and the ...
... thought , it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own , we in- stantly crave another ; we are not really enriched . For the truth was in us , before it was reflected to us from natural objects ; and the ...
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