Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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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 be ...
... 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 be ...
Page 28
... 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 ...
Page 32
... 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 supply 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 supply into their places ; they know their master ...
Page 38
... nature , but from it , rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy come much nearer to these - under- stand them better than the dissector or the anti- quary . Self Reliance 4 4 1 1 ESSAY II . Self 38 History .
... nature , but from it , rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy come much nearer to these - under- stand them better than the dissector or the anti- quary . Self Reliance 4 4 1 1 ESSAY II . Self 38 History .
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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 resides ...
... 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 resides ...
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