Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 9
... actions into perspective and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot , lose all their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades ...
... actions into perspective and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot , lose all their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades ...
Page 11
... action in history , to which there is not somewhat . corresponding in his life . Everything tends in a most wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its whole virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own ...
... action in history , to which there is not somewhat . corresponding in his life . Everything tends in a most wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its whole virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own ...
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... action , at every age of life , rang- ing through all the scale of condition , from god to beast , and never ... actions of Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one national mind . Every one must have observed ...
... action , at every age of life , rang- ing through all the scale of condition , from god to beast , and never ... actions of Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one national mind . Every one must have observed ...
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... actions to which he is equally inclined in certain moods of mind , and those to which he is averse , he will see how deep is the chain of affinity . A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ...
... actions to which he is equally inclined in certain moods of mind , and those to which he is averse , he will see how deep is the chain of affinity . A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ...
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... action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with in- dignation at an outrage ...
... action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with in- dignation at an outrage ...
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