Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 14
... seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight , has been present , like an archangel at the creation of ... seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once revealed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
... seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight , has been present , like an archangel at the creation of ... seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once revealed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
Page 58
... seen by the soul . The retribution in the circumstance is seen by the understanding ; it is in- separable from the thing , but is often spread over a long time , and so does not become distinct until after many years . The specific ...
... seen by the soul . The retribution in the circumstance is seen by the understanding ; it is in- separable from the thing , but is often spread over a long time , and so does not become distinct until after many years . The specific ...
Page 93
... seen from the point of the intellect , or as truth . But all is sour , if seen as experience . Details are always melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . It is strange how painful is the actual world , the painful kingdom of time ...
... seen from the point of the intellect , or as truth . But all is sour , if seen as experience . Details are always melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . It is strange how painful is the actual world , the painful kingdom of time ...
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