Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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... tion which belongs to it , in appropriate events . But always the thought is prior to the fact ; all the facts of history pre - exist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances pre- dominant , and the limits of ...
... tion which belongs to it , in appropriate events . But always the thought is prior to the fact ; all the facts of history pre - exist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances pre- dominant , and the limits of ...
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... tion . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Luther of the day had to lament the decay of piety in his own household . Doctor , " said his wife to Martin Luther ...
... tion . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Luther of the day had to lament the decay of piety in his own household . Doctor , " said his wife to Martin Luther ...
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... tion of the mechanic arts and the migration of colonies ) , it 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 ...
... tion of the mechanic arts and the migration of colonies ) , it 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 ...
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... tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry , to unfix and as it were clap wings to all solid nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus , which was to his childhood an idle tale . philosophical perception of identity ...
... tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry , to unfix and as it were clap wings to all solid nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus , which was to his childhood an idle tale . philosophical perception of identity ...
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... tion in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for ...
... tion in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for ...
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