Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 42
... in intellectual truths . Our dealing with sensible ob- jects is a constant exercise in the necessary lessons of difference , of likeness , of order , of being and seeming , of progressive arrangement ; of ascent from particular.
... in intellectual truths . Our dealing with sensible ob- jects is a constant exercise in the necessary lessons of difference , of likeness , of order , of being and seeming , of progressive arrangement ; of ascent from particular.
Page 44
... differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know that things are not huddled and lumped , but sundered and individual . A bell and a plough have each their use , and neither can do the office of the other ...
... differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know that things are not huddled and lumped , but sundered and individual . A bell and a plough have each their use , and neither can do the office of the other ...
Page 49
... difference , and their radical law is one and the same . A rule of one art , or a law of one organization , holds true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of ...
... difference , and their radical law is one and the same . A rule of one art , or a law of one organization , holds true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of ...
Page 52
... difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven , or some god paints the image in the firmament of the soul ? The relations of parts and the end of the whole remaining the same , what is the difference , whether land and ...
... difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven , or some god paints the image in the firmament of the soul ? The relations of parts and the end of the whole remaining the same , what is the difference , whether land and ...
Page 56
... difference between the observer and the specta- cle , -between man and nature . Hence arises a pleasure mixed with awe ; I may say , a low degree of the sublime is felt , from the fact , probably , that man is hereby apprized that ...
... difference between the observer and the specta- cle , -between man and nature . Hence arises a pleasure mixed with awe ; I may say , a low degree of the sublime is felt , from the fact , probably , that man is hereby apprized that ...
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