Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own works and laws and wor- ship . Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
... lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own works and laws and wor- ship . Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
Page 38
... question whether the charac- ters are not significant of themselves . Have moun- tains , and waveČ™ , and skies , no significance but what we consciously give them when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts ? The world is emblem ...
... question whether the charac- ters are not significant of themselves . Have moun- tains , and waveČ™ , and skies , no significance but what we consciously give them when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts ? The world is emblem ...
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... question of the absolute existence of nature still remains open . It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind , not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phe- nomena , as of heat , water , azote ; but to lead us to ...
... question of the absolute existence of nature still remains open . It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind , not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phe- nomena , as of heat , water , azote ; but to lead us to ...
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... questions only , the ideal theory answers . Idealism saith : matter is a phenomenon , not a substance . Idealism acquaints us with the total disparity between the evidence of our own being and the evidence of the world's being . The one ...
... questions only , the ideal theory answers . Idealism saith : matter is a phenomenon , not a substance . Idealism acquaints us with the total disparity between the evidence of our own being and the evidence of the world's being . The one ...
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... question occupies your intellect , nature brings it in the concrete to be solved by your hands . It were a wise inquiry for the closet , to compare , point by point , espe- cially at remarkable crises in life , our daily history with ...
... question occupies your intellect , nature brings it in the concrete to be solved by your hands . It were a wise inquiry for the closet , to compare , point by point , espe- cially at remarkable crises in life , our daily history with ...
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