Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... words , by its very looks and manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture , or of pictures , are wont to animate . Civil history , natural history , the history of art , and the history of literature - all must be ...
... words , by its very looks and manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture , or of pictures , are wont to animate . Civil history , natural history , the history of art , and the history of literature - all must be ...
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... words they spoke ; afterward , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them , and are willing to let the words go ; for , at any time they can use words as good when occasion ...
... words they spoke ; afterward , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them , and are willing to let the words go ; for , at any time they can use words as good when occasion ...
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... 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 to find ...
... 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 to find ...
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