Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 14
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the 14 History .
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the 14 History .
Page 15
... cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are , surrounded by this all- creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , should we be such hard pedants , and mag- nify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time ...
... cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are , surrounded by this all- creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , should we be such hard pedants , and mag- nify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time ...
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... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recog- nize 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 ...
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recog- nize 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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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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