Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , comes much nearer to these , -understand them better than the dis- sector or the antiquary . SELF - RELIANCE . Ne te quæsiveris extra . " HISTORY . 39.
... rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , comes much nearer to these , -understand them better than the dis- sector 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 nourishing 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 ...
... better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing 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 ...
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