Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 93
... doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless vari- ety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm and the ...
... doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless vari- ety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm and the ...
Page 120
... doctrine of compensation is not the doctrine of indifferency . The thoughtless say , on hear- ing these representations , -What boots it to do well ? there is one event to good and evil ; if I gain any good I must pay for it ; if I lose ...
... doctrine of compensation is not the doctrine of indifferency . The thoughtless say , on hear- ing these representations , -What boots it to do well ? there is one event to good and evil ; if I gain any good I must pay for it ; if I lose ...
Page 146
... doctrine without being able to show how they follow . Show us an arc of the curve , and a good mathematician will find out the whole figure . We are always reasoning from the seen to the unseen . Hence the perfect intelligence that ...
... doctrine without being able to show how they follow . Show us an arc of the curve , and a good mathematician will find out the whole figure . We are always reasoning from the seen to the unseen . Hence the perfect intelligence that ...
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