Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 10
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks sur- face differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks sur- face differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
Page 58
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be ...
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be ...
Page 162
... cause , which being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women and children , a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily ...
... cause , which being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women and children , a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily ...
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