Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 20
... present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world . I remem ber that being abroad one summer day , my com panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
... present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world . I remem ber that being abroad one summer day , my com panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
Page 21
... presents the semblance of the wooden cabin in which the Dorian dwelt . The Chinese pagoda is plainly a Tartar tent . The Indian and Egyptian temples still betray the mounds and subterranean houses of their fore- fathers . " The custom ...
... presents the semblance of the wooden cabin in which the Dorian dwelt . The Chinese pagoda is plainly a Tartar tent . The Indian and Egyptian temples still betray the mounds and subterranean houses of their fore- fathers . " The custom ...
Page 53
... present , and live ever in a new day . Trust your emotion . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with ...
... present , and live ever in a new day . Trust your emotion . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with ...
Page 61
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into ...
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into ...
Page 62
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
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