Essays: First SeriesUnited States Book Company, 1899 - 326 pages |
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Page 7
... ; all the facts of his- tory preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The I.
... ; all the facts of his- tory preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The I.
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... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as contain- ing this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express at last rev- erence ...
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as contain- ing this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express at last rev- erence ...
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... , cook , butcher and soldier , and the habit of supplying his own needs educates the body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far different is the picture Xenophon gives of . 25 HISTORY .
... , cook , butcher and soldier , and the habit of supplying his own needs educates the body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far different is the picture Xenophon gives of . 25 HISTORY .
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... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature , is ...
... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature , is ...
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... mechanic arts and the migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion , with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; 30 HISTORY .
... mechanic arts and the migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion , with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; 30 HISTORY .
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