Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... 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- hend . The misery ...
... 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- hend . The misery ...
Page 32
... ture . An enraged man is a lion , a cunning man is a fox , a firm man is a rock , a learned man is a torch . A lamb is innocence ; a snake is subtle spite ; flowers express to us the delicate affections . Light and darkness are our ...
... ture . An enraged man is a lion , a cunning man is a fox , a firm man is a rock , a learned man is a torch . A lamb is innocence ; a snake is subtle spite ; flowers express to us the delicate affections . Light and darkness are our ...
Page 53
... ture , that so long as the active powers predominate over the reflective , we resist with indignation any hint that nature is more short - lived or mutable than spirit . The broker , the wheelwright , the car- penter , the tollman , are ...
... ture , that so long as the active powers predominate over the reflective , we resist with indignation any hint that nature is more short - lived or mutable than spirit . The broker , the wheelwright , the car- penter , the tollman , are ...
Page 63
... ture , and brings the mind to call that apparent which it uses to call real , and that real which it uses to call visionary . Children , it is true , believe in the external world . The belief that it appears only , is an afterthought ...
... ture , and brings the mind to call that apparent which it uses to call real , and that real which it uses to call visionary . Children , it is true , believe in the external world . The belief that it appears only , is an afterthought ...
Page 66
... glories and certainties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for na- ture by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of matter , it does not satisfy the demands of 66 SPIRIT .
... glories and certainties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for na- ture by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of matter , it does not satisfy the demands of 66 SPIRIT .
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