Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 14
... wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by ...
... wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by ...
Page 44
... wisdom in separa- tion , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every other man . What is not good they call the worst , and ...
... wisdom in separa- tion , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every other man . What is not good they call the worst , and ...
Page 51
... , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , it is a sign to us that his office is clos ing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time , - CHAPTER VI . IDEALISM . THUS is the unspeakable but DISCIPLINE . 51.
... , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , it is a sign to us that his office is clos ing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time , - CHAPTER VI . IDEALISM . THUS is the unspeakable but DISCIPLINE . 51.
Page 67
... wisdom , or love , or beauty , or power , but all in one , and each entirely , is that for which all things exist , and that by which they are ; that spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present ; one and ...
... wisdom , or love , or beauty , or power , but all in one , and each entirely , is that for which all things exist , and that by which they are ; that spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present ; one and ...
Page 68
... wisdom and power lie , and points to vir- tue as to " The golden key Which opes the palace of eternity , " carries upon its face the highest certificate of truth , because it animates me to create my own world through the purification ...
... wisdom and power lie , and points to vir- tue as to " The golden key Which opes the palace of eternity , " carries upon its face the highest certificate of truth , because it animates me to create my own world through the purification ...
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