Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... senses ; in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccu- racy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to es- sences unchanged ...
... senses ; in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccu- racy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to es- sences unchanged ...
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... sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which ... senses are still truly ad- justed to each other ; who has retained the spirit - - of infancy even into the era of manhood 14 ...
... sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which ... senses are still truly ad- justed to each other ; who has retained the spirit - - of infancy even into the era of manhood 14 ...
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... senses owe to na- ture . This , of course , is a benefit which is tempo- rary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service to the soul . Yet although low , it is perfect in its kind , and is the only use of nature which all men appre ...
... senses owe to na- ture . This , of course , is a benefit which is tempo- rary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service to the soul . Yet although low , it is perfect in its kind , and is the only use of nature which all men appre ...
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... first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And the stimulus it affords to the sense , and a sort of infinitude which it hath , like space and . time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse.
... first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And the stimulus it affords to the sense , and a sort of infinitude which it hath , like space and . time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse.
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... senses and the understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The ...
... senses and the understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The ...
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