Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 15
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events ...
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... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character . See the variety of the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . Thus at first we have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus ...
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character . See the variety of the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . Thus at first we have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus ...
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... cause of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , the contest of these propensities still fights out the old battle in each individual . We are all rovers and all fixtures by ...
... cause of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , the contest of these propensities still fights out the old battle in each individual . We are all rovers and all fixtures by ...
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... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper ; be good - natured and modest ; have that grace ; and never varnish your hard ...
... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper ; be good - natured and modest ; have that grace ; and never varnish your hard ...
Page 49
... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
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