Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 83
... beauty . He is a fool and follows some giddy girl , and not with relig- ious , ennobling passion , a woman with all that is serene , oracular and beautiful in her soul . Let him be great , and love shall follow him . Nothing is more ...
... beauty . He is a fool and follows some giddy girl , and not with relig- ious , ennobling passion , a woman with all that is serene , oracular and beautiful in her soul . Let him be great , and love shall follow him . Nothing is more ...
Page 99
... soul , that it may avail itself of beautiful bodies as aids to its recollection of the celestial good and fair ; and the man beholding such a person in the female sex , runs to her , and finds the highest joy in contemplating the form ...
... soul , that it may avail itself of beautiful bodies as aids to its recollection of the celestial good and fair ; and the man beholding such a person in the female sex , runs to her , and finds the highest joy in contemplating the form ...
Page 100
... beautiful , is only one scene in our play . In the procession of the soul from within out- ward , it enlarges its circle as ever , like the pebble thrown into the pond , or the light proceeding from an orb . The rays of the soul alight ...
... beautiful , is only one scene in our play . In the procession of the soul from within out- ward , it enlarges its circle as ever , like the pebble thrown into the pond , or the light proceeding from an orb . The rays of the soul alight ...
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