Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 19
... divine charity nour- ish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of ...
... divine charity nour- ish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of ...
Page 25
... divine beauty which can be loved without ef- feminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes ...
... divine beauty which can be loved without ef- feminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes ...
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... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature re - forms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new cre- ation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men ...
... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature re - forms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new cre- ation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men ...
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... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and light- some ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and light- some ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
Page 66
... divine dream , from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for na- ture by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of ...
... divine dream , from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for na- ture by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of ...
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