Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 43
... 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 learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes ...
... 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 learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes ...
Page 45
... highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but redeemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay plas- tic under the Almighty effort , let us advance ...
... highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but redeemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay plas- tic under the Almighty effort , let us advance ...
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... highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably , cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far off remembering of the intui- tion . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you ...
... highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably , cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far off remembering of the intui- tion . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you ...
Page 65
... highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power . Thus all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and as- tonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a ...
... highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power . Thus all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and as- tonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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