Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 23
... responds to his states of mind , and every thing is in turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series belongs . The primeval world , the Fore - World , as History . 23.
... responds to his states of mind , and every thing is in turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series belongs . The primeval world , the Fore - World , as History . 23.
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... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of ...
... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of ...
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... truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have always from time to time walked ...
... truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have always from time to time walked ...
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... truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a supersti- tion . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the ...
... truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a supersti- tion . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the ...
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... truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him ...
... truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him ...
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