Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 4
... hold from publication any of his unpublished pa- pers . The portrait in the first volume was etched by Mr. Schoff from a photographic copy ( kindly fur- nished by Mr. Alexander Ireland , of Manchester , England ) of a daguerreotype ...
... hold from publication any of his unpublished pa- pers . The portrait in the first volume was etched by Mr. Schoff from a photographic copy ( kindly fur- nished by Mr. Alexander Ireland , of Manchester , England ) of a daguerreotype ...
Page 36
... hold primarily on nature . But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things ; so that pictur- esque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and ...
... hold primarily on nature . But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things ; so that pictur- esque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and ...
Page 49
... holds true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it per- VOL . I. 4 vades Thought also . Every ...
... holds true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it per- VOL . I. 4 vades Thought also . Every ...
Page 64
... holds itself off from a too trivial and microscopic study of the universal tablet . It respects the end too much to immerse itself in the means . It sees something more important in Chris- tianity than the scandals of ecclesiastical ...
... holds itself off from a too trivial and microscopic study of the universal tablet . It respects the end too much to immerse itself in the means . It sees something more important in Chris- tianity than the scandals of ecclesiastical ...
Page 91
... hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But genius looks forward the eyes of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : genius creates . - Whatever talents may be , if the man create ...
... hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But genius looks forward the eyes of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : genius creates . - Whatever talents may be , if the man create ...
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