Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 64
... wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later teachings are tuitions . ' In that deep force , the last fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not ...
... wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later teachings are tuitions . ' In that deep force , the last fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not ...
Page 188
... wisdom everywhere , to the end of increasing virtue and wisdom . We are by nature observers , and thereby learners . That is our permanent state . But we are often made to feel that our affections are but tents of a night . Though ...
... wisdom everywhere , to the end of increasing virtue and wisdom . We are by nature observers , and thereby learners . That is our permanent state . But we are often made to feel that our affections are but tents of a night . Though ...
Page 288
... wisdom of the world is not wisdom , and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame , and are not writers . Among the multitude of scholars and authors we feel no hallowing presence ; we are sensi- ble of a ...
... wisdom of the world is not wisdom , and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame , and are not writers . Among the multitude of scholars and authors we feel no hallowing presence ; we are sensi- ble of a ...
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