Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
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... feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of ...
... feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of ...
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... feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel , his saw and plane still reproduced its ferns , its spikes of flowers , its locust , elm , oak , pine , fir and spruce . The Gothic cathedral is a ...
... feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel , his saw and plane still reproduced its ferns , its spikes of flowers , its locust , elm , oak , pine , fir and spruce . The Gothic cathedral is a ...
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... say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in cata- combs , libraries , and the broken reliefs and torsos of ruined villas . What is the foundation of that interest all men feel HISTORY . 27.
... say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in cata- combs , libraries , and the broken reliefs and torsos of ruined villas . What is the foundation of that interest all men feel HISTORY . 27.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history , letters , art and poetry , in all its periods from the Heroic or Homeric age down to the domestic life of the Athenians and Spartans , four or ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history , letters , art and poetry , in all its periods from the Heroic or Homeric age down to the domestic life of the Athenians and Spartans , four or ...
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