Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... . COMPENSATION 89 IV . SPIRITUAL LAWS . 123 V. LOVE . 159 · VI . FRIENDSHIP 181 VII . PRUDENCE 207 VIII . HEROISM 231 IX . THE OVER - SOUL 249 X. CIRCLES 279 XI . INTELLECT 301 XII . ART . 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
... . COMPENSATION 89 IV . SPIRITUAL LAWS . 123 V. LOVE . 159 · VI . FRIENDSHIP 181 VII . PRUDENCE 207 VIII . HEROISM 231 IX . THE OVER - SOUL 249 X. CIRCLES 279 XI . INTELLECT 301 XII . ART . 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
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... 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 holy , all men divine . For ...
... 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 holy , all men divine . For ...
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... intellects dare not yet hear God himself un- less he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not al- ways set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat ...
... intellects dare not yet hear God himself un- less he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not al- ways set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat ...
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... intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , ' Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hin- dered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his ...
... intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , ' Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hin- dered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his ...
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... . But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our 80 SELF - RELIANCE .
... . But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our 80 SELF - RELIANCE .
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