Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 41
... highest merit we ascribe to Moses , Plato and Milton is that they set at naught books and traditions , and spoke not what men , but what they thought . A man should I learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across ...
... highest merit we ascribe to Moses , Plato and Milton is that they set at naught books and traditions , and spoke not what men , but what they thought . A man should I learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across ...
Page 43
... highest mind the same tran scendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but re- deemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay under the Almighty effort let us ad- vance on Chaos ...
... highest mind the same tran scendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but re- deemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay under the Almighty effort let us ad- vance on Chaos ...
Page 60
... highest truth on this sub- ject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intuition . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you ...
... highest truth on this sub- ject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intuition . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you ...
Page 62
... highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power . All Thus , all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by ...
... highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power . All Thus , all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by ...
Page 68
... highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing His works good . But prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness . It supposes dualism and not unity ...
... highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing His works good . But prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness . It supposes dualism and not unity ...
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