Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 12
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
Page 303
... cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily created out of any ...
... cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily created out of any ...
Page 424
... cause of awakening public sentiment in the Southern and Border States to the wrong of Slavery and its evil results , and became editor of the St. Louis Observer . His press was destroyed by a mob , and he and his family were driven from ...
... cause of awakening public sentiment in the Southern and Border States to the wrong of Slavery and its evil results , and became editor of the St. Louis Observer . His press was destroyed by a mob , and he and his family were driven from ...
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