Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 15
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appear- ance . Why , being as we are ...
... divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appear- ance . Why , being as we are ...
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... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the sufficent ...
... divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the sufficent ...
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... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their intuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains every ...
... divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history or reconcile him with themselves . As they come to revere their intuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains every ...
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... but half express ourselves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his 44 ESSAY II .
... but half express ourselves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his 44 ESSAY II .
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... divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said . or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius ...
... divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said . or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius ...
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