Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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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 ...
Page 18
... 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 . So Roos " entered into the inmost nature of ...
... 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 . So Roos " entered into the inmost nature of ...
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... child . It is as great as they . The attraction of these man- ners is that they belong to man and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics ...
... child . It is as great as they . The attraction of these man- ners is that they belong to man and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics ...
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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 tyranny , —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 tyranny , —is a familiar fact , explained to the child ...
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... child predict the refine- ments and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thought for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach ...
... child predict the refine- ments and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thought for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach ...
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