Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
Page 338
... thought , we seem to be assured that nothing is easier than to continue this communication at pleasure . Up , down , around , the kingdom of thought has no inclosures , but the Muse makes us free of her city . Well , the world has a ...
... thought , we seem to be assured that nothing is easier than to continue this communication at pleasure . Up , down , around , the kingdom of thought has no inclosures , but the Muse makes us free of her city . Well , the world has a ...
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... thought ; but when we receive a new thought it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched . For the truth was in us be- fore it was reflected to us ...
... thought ; but when we receive a new thought it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched . For the truth was in us be- fore it was reflected to us ...
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