Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... account . ' But where it departs from the Calvinistic Christianity and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , 30 HISTORY.
... account . ' But where it departs from the Calvinistic Christianity and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , 30 HISTORY.
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discon- tent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discon- tent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a ...
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... doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend suggested , - " But these impulses may be from below , not from above . " I replied , " They do ...
... doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend suggested , - " But these impulses may be from below , not from above . " I replied , " They do ...
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... doctrine of hatred must be preached , as the counteraction of the doctrine of love , when that pules and whines . I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me . I would write on the lintels of the door - post ...
... doctrine of hatred must be preached , as the counteraction of the doctrine of love , when that pules and whines . I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me . I would write on the lintels of the door - post ...
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... doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron neces- sity is to others ! If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ...
... doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron neces- sity is to others ! If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ...
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