Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 27
... genius , will have remarked how easily he took all things along with him , — the persons , the opinions , and the day , and nature became ancillary to a man . 3. There is still another aspect under which the beauty BEAUTY . 27.
... genius , will have remarked how easily he took all things along with him , — the persons , the opinions , and the day , and nature became ancillary to a man . 3. There is still another aspect under which the beauty BEAUTY . 27.
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... genius since the world began ; from the era of the Egyptians and the Brahmins to that of Pythagoras , of Plato , of Bacon , of Leibnitz , of Swedenborg . There sits the Sphinx at the road - side , and from age to age , as each prophet ...
... genius since the world began ; from the era of the Egyptians and the Brahmins to that of Pythagoras , of Plato , of Bacon , of Leibnitz , of Swedenborg . There sits the Sphinx at the road - side , and from age to age , as each prophet ...
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... genius fear and hate ; - debt , which consumes so much time , which so crip- ples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base , is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be forgone , and is needed most by those who suf- fer ...
... genius fear and hate ; - debt , which consumes so much time , which so crip- ples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base , is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be forgone , and is needed most by those who suf- fer ...
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... genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favorite , but the sound estate of every man . In its essence it is ... genius . This is good , say they , - let us hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But ...
... genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favorite , but the sound estate of every man . In its essence it is ... genius . This is good , say they , - let us hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But ...
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... Genius is always sufficiently the en- emy of genius by over - influence . The literature of every nation bears me witness . The English dra- matic poets have Shakspearized now for two hun- dred years . But Undoubtedly there is a right ...
... Genius is always sufficiently the en- emy of genius by over - influence . The literature of every nation bears me witness . The English dra- matic poets have Shakspearized now for two hun- dred years . But Undoubtedly there is a right ...
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