Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-2 of 2
Page 19
... Zoroaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate themselves in the mind . I cannot find any antiquity in them . They are mine as much as theirs . Then I have seen the first monks and anchorets without crossing seas or centuries . More ...
... Zoroaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate themselves in the mind . I cannot find any antiquity in them . They are mine as much as theirs . Then I have seen the first monks and anchorets without crossing seas or centuries . More ...
Page 46
... Zoroaster , " the blessed Immortals are swift . " cc f As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israel- ites , " Let not God speak to us , lest we die ...
... Zoroaster , " the blessed Immortals are swift . " cc f As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israel- ites , " Let not God speak to us , lest we die ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acrostic action affection appear beautiful soul beauty become behold better black event Bonduca Cæsar Calvinistic cerning character child circle circumstance conversation divine doctrine Epaminondas eternal evanescent experience fable fact fear feel friendship genius gifts give Greek hand hath heart heaven heroism hour human intellect Last Judgment less light live look lose lover man's mind moral nature never noble numbers ourselves OVER-SOUL pass passion perfect persons Petrarch Phidias Phocion Pindar Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry present proverb prudence Pyrrhonism relations religion reverence secret seek seems seen sense sensual sentiment Shakespeare society Socrates Sophocles soul speak spirit stand stoicism sweet teach thee things thou thought tion to-day to-morrow true truth universal virtue whilst whole wisdom wise words Xenophon youth Zoroaster