Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... ment . These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the com- mentary . Thus compelled , the ...
... ment . These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the com- mentary . Thus compelled , the ...
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... ment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confu- sion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts ...
... ment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confu- sion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts ...
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... ment the decay of piety in his own household . " Doctor , " said his wife to Martin Luther one day , " how is it that whilst subject to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and ...
... ment the decay of piety in his own household . " Doctor , " said his wife to Martin Luther one day , " how is it that whilst subject to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and ...
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... ment some energy , by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms , some vigor of wild virtue . For every stoic was a stoic ; but in Chris- tendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral stand- ard ...
... ment some energy , by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms , some vigor of wild virtue . For every stoic was a stoic ; but in Chris- tendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral stand- ard ...
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... ment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspi- rations ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . It is almighty . All nature feels its grasp . " It is in the world and the world was made by it . " It is eternal , but it ...
... ment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspi- rations ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . It is almighty . All nature feels its grasp . " It is in the world and the world was made by it . " It is eternal , but it ...
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