It is one mark of its laws that their enunciation awakens the feeling of the moral sublime, and great men are they who believe in them. They resemble great circles in astronomy, each of which, in what direction soever it be drawn, contains the whole sphere. A Short History of Unitarianism Since the Reformation - Page 62by Frederick Blount Mott - 1893 - 91 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Elliot Cabot - 1887 - 408 pages
...original laws of the mind, the science of what is, in distinction from what appears. " They resemble great circles in astronomy; each of which, in what...direction soever it be drawn, contains the whole sphere. These laws are ideas of Reason; they astonish the Understanding, and seem to it gleams of a world in... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1889 - 608 pages
...boards from some of the many social and theological fences. They were all impatient at rinding circles drawn with a given radius, and they wanted infinite...pretended to look beyond the bounds of established opinion Trancendentalists, and the little coterie of Boston Liberal Reformers, "The Transcendental Club." But... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 430 pages
...awakens the feeling of the moral sublime, and great men are they who believe in them. They resemble great circles in Astronomy, each of which, in what direction soever it is drawn, contains the whole sphere." Mr. Emerson's strength failed him when at length the opportunity... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 436 pages
...awakens the feeling of the moral sublime, and great men are they who believe in them. They resemble • great circles in Astronomy, each of which, in what direction soever it is drawn, contains the whole sphere." Mr. Emerson's strength failed him when at length the opportunity... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 428 pages
...awakens the feeling of the moral sublime, and great men are they who believe in them. They resemble great circles in Astronomy, each of which, in what direction soever it is drawn, contains the whole sphere." Mr. Emerson's strength failed him when at length the opportunity... | |
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