Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 28
... seems , the same fellow beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools , seems superficial and ...
... seems , the same fellow beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools , seems superficial and ...
Page 31
... the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation HISTORY . 31.
... the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation HISTORY . 31.
Page 34
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves ...
Page 45
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
Page 47
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . ' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what ...
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . ' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what ...
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