Essays: First SeriesAltemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things , sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
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... Genius should be the child of genius , and every child should be in- spired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half - lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts ...
... Genius should be the child of genius , and every child should be in- spired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half - lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts ...
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... Genius , we observe the same balance of two elements , as in intellect receptive . The constructive intellect produces thoughts , sentences , poems , plans , designs , sys- tems . It is the generation of the mind , the mar- riage of ...
... Genius , we observe the same balance of two elements , as in intellect receptive . The constructive intellect produces thoughts , sentences , poems , plans , designs , sys- tems . It is the generation of the mind , the mar- riage of ...
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