Essays: First SeriesAltemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 128
... tion of what is fit for him , the rejection of what is unfit , determines for him the character of the universe . As a man thinketh , so is he , and as a man chooseth , so is he and so is nature . A mai- is a method , a progressive ...
... tion of what is fit for him , the rejection of what is unfit , determines for him the character of the universe . As a man thinketh , so is he , and as a man chooseth , so is he and so is nature . A mai- is a method , a progressive ...
Page 137
... tion of his works ; yet to every generation these come duly down , for the sake of those few per- sons , as if God brought them in his hand . No book , " said Bentley , " was ever written down by any but itself . " The permanence of all ...
... tion of his works ; yet to every generation these come duly down , for the sake of those few per- sons , as if God brought them in his hand . No book , " said Bentley , " was ever written down by any but itself . " The permanence of all ...
Page 166
... tion , and pain . Yet that which drew them to each other was signs of loveliness , signs of virtue ; and these virtues are there , however eclipsed . They appear and reappear , and continue to attract ; but the regard changes , quits ...
... tion , and pain . Yet that which drew them to each other was signs of loveliness , signs of virtue ; and these virtues are there , however eclipsed . They appear and reappear , and continue to attract ; but the regard changes , quits ...
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