Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 59
... wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later teachings are tuitions . In that deep force , the last fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not ...
... wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later teachings are tuitions . In that deep force , the last fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not ...
Page 208
... wisdom may be expended on a private econ- omy , as on an empire , and as much wisdom may be drawn from it . The laws of the world are written out for him on every piece of money in his hand . There is nothing he will not be the bet- ter ...
... wisdom may be expended on a private econ- omy , as on an empire , and as much wisdom may be drawn from it . The laws of the world are written out for him on every piece of money in his hand . There is nothing he will not be the bet- ter ...
Page 246
... wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest , and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and obstruct . The mind is one , and the best minds who love truth for its own sake , think much less of ...
... wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest , and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and obstruct . The mind is one , and the best minds who love truth for its own sake , think much less of ...
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