Essays: First SeriesUnited States Book Company, 1899 - 326 pages |
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Page 13
... better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary reason for every fact , -see how it could and must be ...
... better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary reason for every fact , -see how it could and must be ...
Page 29
... better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
... better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
Page 33
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
Page 39
... from it , rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy come much nearer to these - understand them better than the dissector or the antiquary . SELF - RELIANCE . " Ne te quæsiveris extra . HISTORY . 39.
... from it , rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy come much nearer to these - understand them better than the dissector or the antiquary . SELF - RELIANCE . " Ne te quæsiveris extra . HISTORY . 39.
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... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which resides ...
... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which resides ...
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