Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 62
... all say of matter , what Michael Angelo said of ex- ternal beauty , " It is the frail and weary weed , in which God dresses the soul which he has called into time . " It appears that motion , poetry , physical and in- 62 IDEALISM .
... all say of matter , what Michael Angelo said of ex- ternal beauty , " It is the frail and weary weed , in which God dresses the soul which he has called into time . " It appears that motion , poetry , physical and in- 62 IDEALISM .
Page 63
... appears only , is an afterthought , but with culture this faith will as surely arise on the mind as did the first . The advantage of the ideal theory over the pop- ular faith is this , that it presents the world in pre- cisely that view ...
... appears only , is an afterthought , but with culture this faith will as surely arise on the mind as did the first . The advantage of the ideal theory over the pop- ular faith is this , that it presents the world in pre- cisely that view ...
Page 77
... appear not transparent but opaque . The reason why the world lacks unity , and lies broken and in heaps , is because man is disunited with himself . He cannot be a naturalist until he satis- fies all the demands of the spirit . Love is ...
... appear not transparent but opaque . The reason why the world lacks unity , and lies broken and in heaps , is because man is disunited with himself . He cannot be a naturalist until he satis- fies all the demands of the spirit . Love is ...
Page 120
... appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue . Then he is instructed in what is above him . He learns that his being is without bound ; that to the good , to the perfect , he is born , low as he now lies in ...
... appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue . Then he is instructed in what is above him . He learns that his being is without bound ; that to the good , to the perfect , he is born , low as he now lies in ...
Page 122
... appear- ances , and bringing up facts to a harmony with thoughts . Its operation in life , though slow to the senses , is at last as sure as in the soul . By it a man is made the Providence to himself , dispensing good to his goodness ...
... appear- ances , and bringing up facts to a harmony with thoughts . Its operation in life , though slow to the senses , is at last as sure as in the soul . By it a man is made the Providence to himself , dispensing good to his goodness ...
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