Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Its genius is illustrated by the entire series of days . Man is explicable by nothing less than ...
... mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Its genius is illustrated by the entire series of days . Man is explicable by nothing less than ...
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... mind's eye open whilst we converse , whilst we read , whilst we act , intent to learn the secret law of some class of facts . What is the hardest task in the world ? To think . I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an ...
... mind's eye open whilst we converse , whilst we read , whilst we act , intent to learn the secret law of some class of facts . What is the hardest task in the world ? To think . I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an ...
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... mind . We do not possess it , but partake of it . It is identical with the Uni- versal Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is identical in ...
... mind . We do not possess it , but partake of it . It is identical with the Uni- versal Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is identical in ...
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