EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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... , and apprises us not of his wealth , but of the commonwealth . The young man reveres men of genius , because , to speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They re- ceive of the soul as he also receives , but 8 ESSAY 1 .
... , and apprises us not of his wealth , but of the commonwealth . The young man reveres men of genius , because , to speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They re- ceive of the soul as he also receives , but 8 ESSAY 1 .
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... genius is the landscape - garden of a modern house , adorned with fountains and statues , with well - bred men and women standing and ' sitting in the walks and terraces . We hear , through all the varied music , the ground - tone of ...
... genius is the landscape - garden of a modern house , adorned with fountains and statues , with well - bred men and women standing and ' sitting in the walks and terraces . We hear , through all the varied music , the ground - tone of ...
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... genius had appeared in a youth who sat near me at table . He had left his work , and gone rambling none knew whither , and had written hundreds of lines , but could not tell whether that which was in him was therein told : he could tell ...
... genius had appeared in a youth who sat near me at table . He had left his work , and gone rambling none knew whither , and had written hundreds of lines , but could not tell whether that which was in him was therein told : he could tell ...
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... genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind , in good earnest , have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the foremost watchman on the ...
... genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind , in good earnest , have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the foremost watchman on the ...
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... genius . All form is an effect of character ; all condition , of the quality of the life ; all harmony , of health ; ( and , for this reason , a perception of beauty should be sympathetic , or proper only to the good ) . The beautiful ...
... genius . All form is an effect of character ; all condition , of the quality of the life ; all harmony , of health ; ( and , for this reason , a perception of beauty should be sympathetic , or proper only to the good ) . The beautiful ...
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