Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... things . Human life as contain- ing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws de- rive hence their ultimate reason , all express at last reverence for some command of this supreme ...
... things . Human life as contain- ing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws de- rive hence their ultimate reason , all express at last reverence for some command of this supreme ...
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... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts , indicates a fact in human nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary ...
... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts , indicates a fact in human nature ; that is all . We must in our own nature see the necessary ...
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... things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth ...
... things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance , every plant , every animal in its growth ...
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... things to its own end . The adamant streams into softest but precise form before it , but , whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed altogether . Nothing is so fleeting as form . Yet never does it quite deny itself . In ...
... things to its own end . The adamant streams into softest but precise form before it , but , whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed altogether . Nothing is so fleeting as form . Yet never does it quite deny itself . In ...
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... things are in man . It is in the soul that architect- ure exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true ...
... things are in man . It is in the soul that architect- ure exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true ...
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