Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 10
... relation between the hours of our life and the cen- turies of time . As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise ...
... relation between the hours of our life and the cen- turies of time . As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise ...
Page 17
... relation of cause and 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 ...
... relation of cause and 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 ...
Page 39
... relations , a knot of roots , whose flower and fruitage is the world . His faculties re- fer to natures out of him and predict the world he is to inhabit , as the fins of the fish foreshow that water exists , or the wings of an eagle in ...
... relations , a knot of roots , whose flower and fruitage is the world . His faculties re- fer to natures out of him and predict the world he is to inhabit , as the fins of the fish foreshow that water exists , or the wings of an eagle in ...
Page 66
... relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be ... relation to it , one as much as an- other . All things are dissolved to their centre by their cause , and in the ...
... relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be ... relation to it , one as much as an- other . All things are dissolved to their centre by their cause , and in the ...
Page 72
... relations I must fill after a new and un- precedented way . I appeal from your customs . I must be myself . I cannot break myself any longer for you , or you . If you can love me for what I am , we shall be the happier . If you cannot ...
... relations I must fill after a new and un- precedented way . I appeal from your customs . I must be myself . I cannot break myself any longer for you , or you . If you can love me for what I am , we shall be the happier . If you cannot ...
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