Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... alembic of man . Thus in art does Nature work through the will of a man filled with the beauty of her first works . The world thus exists to the soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can ...
... alembic of man . Thus in art does Nature work through the will of a man filled with the beauty of her first works . The world thus exists to the soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can ...
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