Essays: First SeriesUnited States Book Company, 1899 - 326 pages |
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Page 9
... nature hide itself . ' This remedies the de- fect of our too great nearness to ourselves . This throws our own actions into perspective ; and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the water pot lose all their meanness when hung ...
... nature hide itself . ' This remedies the de- fect of our too great nearness to ourselves . This throws our own actions into perspective ; and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the water pot lose all their meanness when hung ...
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... nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary reason for every fact , -see how it could and must be . So stand before every public every private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napoleon ...
... nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary reason for every fact , -see how it could and must be . So stand before every public every private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napoleon ...
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... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant type of the individ- ual ; through countless individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through ...
... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant type of the individ- ual ; through countless individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through ...
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... Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws . She hums the old well known air through innumerable variations . Nature is full of a sublime family likeness throughout her works . She delights in startling us with ...
... Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws . She hums the old well known air through innumerable variations . Nature is full of a sublime family likeness throughout her works . She delights in startling us with ...
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... nature of a sheep . " I knew a draughtsman employed in a public survey who found that he could not sketch the rocks ... natural history , the history of art and the history of literature , -all must be explained from individual history ...
... nature of a sheep . " I knew a draughtsman employed in a public survey who found that he could not sketch the rocks ... natural history , the history of art and the history of literature , -all must be explained from individual history ...
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