Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat - ear , the egg , the wings and forms of most birds , the lion's claw , the ...
... individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat - ear , the egg , the wings and forms of most birds , the lion's claw , the ...
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... individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul he calls Reason : it is not mine , or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men ...
... individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul he calls Reason : it is not mine , or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men ...
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... individual . A bell and a plough have each their use , and neither can do the office of the other . Water is good to drink , coal to burn , wool to wear ; but wool cannot be drunk , nor water spun , nor coal eaten . The wise man shows ...
... individual . A bell and a plough have each their use , and neither can do the office of the other . Water is good to drink , coal to burn , wool to wear ; but wool cannot be drunk , nor water spun , nor coal eaten . The wise man shows ...
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... individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to him . Who can esti- mate this ? Who can guess how much firmness the sea - beaten rock has taught the fisherman ? how much tranquillity has been reflected to man from the azure ...
... individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to him . Who can esti- mate this ? Who can guess how much firmness the sea - beaten rock has taught the fisherman ? how much tranquillity has been reflected to man from the azure ...
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... individual , and strives to lead back the individual to it . When we consider Spirit , we see that the views already presented do not include the whole circum- ference of man . We must add some related thoughts . Three problems are put ...
... individual , and strives to lead back the individual to it . When we consider Spirit , we see that the views already presented do not include the whole circum- ference of man . We must add some related thoughts . Three problems are put ...
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