Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 17
... effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days ...
... effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days ...
Page 76
... effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer in all action . The prayer of the farmer ...
... effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer in all action . The prayer of the farmer ...
Page 87
... Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A politi- cal victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick ...
... Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A politi- cal victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick ...
Page 100
... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be disparted , we ...
... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be disparted , we ...
Page 145
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
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