EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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... never ceased to explore the double meaning , or , shall I say , the quadruple , or the centuple , or much more mani- fold meaning , of every sensuous fact : Orpheus , Empedocles , Heraclitus , Plato , Plutarch , Dante , Swedenborg , and ...
... never ceased to explore the double meaning , or , shall I say , the quadruple , or the centuple , or much more mani- fold meaning , of every sensuous fact : Orpheus , Empedocles , Heraclitus , Plato , Plutarch , Dante , Swedenborg , and ...
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... never so often deceived , still watches for the arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth , until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem , which I confide in as an inspiration ! And now my chains are ...
... never so often deceived , still watches for the arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth , until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem , which I confide in as an inspiration ! And now my chains are ...
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... never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the life of exaggerations as before , and have lost my faith in the possibility of any guide who can lead me thither where I would be . But leaving these victims of ...
... never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the life of exaggerations as before , and have lost my faith in the possibility of any guide who can lead me thither where I would be . But leaving these victims of ...
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... never so surprising , the fact of mechanics has not gained a grain's weight . The spiritual fact re- mains unalterable , by many or by few particulars ; as no mountain is of any appreciable height to break the curve of the sphere . A ...
... never so surprising , the fact of mechanics has not gained a grain's weight . The spiritual fact re- mains unalterable , by many or by few particulars ; as no mountain is of any appreciable height to break the curve of the sphere . A ...
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... never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick . The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a ...
... never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick . The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a ...
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