Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 72
... never made a sacrifice . In these hours the mind seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain is par- ticular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Distress never , trifles never abate ...
... never made a sacrifice . In these hours the mind seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain is par- ticular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Distress never , trifles never abate ...
Page 87
... never be any doubt concerning the respective ability of human beings , when we seek the truth . Pretension may sit still , but cannot act . Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness . Pretension never wrote an Iliad , nor drove ...
... never be any doubt concerning the respective ability of human beings , when we seek the truth . Pretension may sit still , but cannot act . Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness . Pretension never wrote an Iliad , nor drove ...
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... never by words , but by the thing itself , that is inquired after . Revelation is the disclosure of the soul . The popular notion of a revelation is that it is a telling of fortunes . In past oracles of the soul , the understanding seek ...
... never by words , but by the thing itself , that is inquired after . Revelation is the disclosure of the soul . The popular notion of a revelation is that it is a telling of fortunes . In past oracles of the soul , the understanding seek ...
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