Essays: First seriesH. Altemus, 1895 - 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 man 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 man is a method , a progressive ...
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 ...
Page 252
... tion , and the question and the answer are one . Thus is the soul the perceiver and revealer of truth . By the same fire , serene , impersonal , per- fect , which burns until it shall dissolve all things into the waves and surges of an ...
... tion , and the question and the answer are one . Thus is the soul the perceiver and revealer of truth . By the same fire , serene , impersonal , per- fect , which burns until it shall dissolve all things into the waves and surges of an ...
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