Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 15
... child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ere they fall by infinite diameters . Genius watches the monad ...
... child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ere they fall by infinite diameters . Genius watches the monad ...
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... child by studying the outlines of its form merely , -but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will in every attitude . Roos " entered into the inmost nature of a ...
... child by studying the outlines of its form merely , -but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will in every attitude . Roos " entered into the inmost nature of a ...
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... child- . hood . Our reverence for them is our reverence for childhood . Nobody can reflect upon an un- conscious act with regret or contempt . Bard or hero cannot look down on the word or gesture of a child . It is as great as they ...
... child- . hood . Our reverence for them is our reverence for childhood . Nobody can reflect upon an un- conscious act with regret or contempt . Bard or hero cannot look down on the word or gesture of a child . It is as great as they ...
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... child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indig- nation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyrrany , —is a familiar fact explained to the child ...
... child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indig- nation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyrrany , —is a familiar fact explained to the child ...
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... child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
... child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
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