Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 181
... beauty , and the cause of the beauty . If however , from too much conversing with material objects , the soul was gross , and mis- placed its satisfaction in the body , it reaped nothing but sorrow ; body being unable to ful- fil the ...
... beauty , and the cause of the beauty . If however , from too much conversing with material objects , the soul was gross , and mis- placed its satisfaction in the body , it reaped nothing but sorrow ; body being unable to ful- fil the ...
Page 182
... beauty , more and more inflame their love of it , and by this love extinguishing the base ' affection , as the sun puts out fire by shining on the hearth , they become pure and hallowed . By conversa- tion with that which is in itself ...
... beauty , more and more inflame their love of it , and by this love extinguishing the base ' affection , as the sun puts out fire by shining on the hearth , they become pure and hallowed . By conversa- tion with that which is in itself ...
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... beauty of laws within the narrow scope of the senses . ' There are all degrees of proficiency in know- ledge of the ... beauty of the symbol , as the poet and artist and the naturalist and man of science . A third class live above the ...
... beauty of laws within the narrow scope of the senses . ' There are all degrees of proficiency in know- ledge of the ... beauty of the symbol , as the poet and artist and the naturalist and man of science . A third class live above the ...
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