Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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... as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances pre- dominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclo pædia of facts . The creation of a thousand for- ESSAY HISTORY.
... as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances pre- dominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclo pædia of facts . The creation of a thousand for- ESSAY HISTORY.
Page 9
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express at last reverence ...
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express at last reverence ...
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... gives of himself and his com- patriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground covered with it . But Xenophon ...
... gives of himself and his com- patriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground covered with it . But Xenophon ...
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... gives the history of religion , with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Pro- metheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; stands between the unjust " justice " of the Eternal Father and the race of ...
... gives the history of religion , with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Pro- metheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; stands between the unjust " justice " of the Eternal Father and the race of ...
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... gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet it is much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful ...
... gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet it is much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful ...
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