EssaysJ. Munroe, 1841 - 303 pages |
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... less than all his history . Without hurry , without rest , the human spirit goes forth from the beginning to embody every faculty , every thought , every emotion , which belongs to it in appropriate events . But always the thought is ...
... less than all his history . Without hurry , without rest , the human spirit goes forth from the beginning to embody every faculty , every thought , every emotion , which belongs to it in appropriate events . But always the thought is ...
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... the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could , the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him , and independent of him . The Prome- theus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less 2 HISTORY . 25.
... the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could , the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him , and independent of him . The Prome- theus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less 2 HISTORY . 25.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. theus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are all the details of that stately apo- logue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . Every man is a divinity in disguise , a god ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. theus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are all the details of that stately apo- logue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . Every man is a divinity in disguise , a god ...
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... less strictly im- plicated . He is the compend of time he is also the correlative of nature . The power of man consists in the multitude of his affinities , in the fact that his life is intertwined with the whole chain of organic and ...
... less strictly im- plicated . He is the compend of time he is also the correlative of nature . The power of man consists in the multitude of his affinities , in the fact that his life is intertwined with the whole chain of organic and ...
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... less does the brain of Davy and Gay Lussac from childhood exploring always the affinities and repulsions of particles , anticipate the laws of organization . Does not the eye of the hu- man embryo predict the light ? the ear of Handel ...
... less does the brain of Davy and Gay Lussac from childhood exploring always the affinities and repulsions of particles , anticipate the laws of organization . Does not the eye of the hu- man embryo predict the light ? the ear of Handel ...
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