Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 53
... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Char- acter , reality , reminds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much , that he must make all circumstances ...
... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Char- acter , reality , reminds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much , that he must make all circumstances ...
Page 72
... bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our ...
... bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our ...
Page 86
... body ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the undulations of fluids , and of sound ; in the centrifugal and centripetal grav- ity ; in electricity , galvanism , and chemical affinity . Superinduce magnetism at one end of a ...
... body ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the undulations of fluids , and of sound ; in the centrifugal and centripetal grav- ity ; in electricity , galvanism , and chemical affinity . Superinduce magnetism at one end of a ...
Page 93
... body would feast . The soul says , The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; the body would join the flesh only . The soul says , Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things ...
... body would feast . The soul says , The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; the body would join the flesh only . The soul says , Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things ...
Page 107
... bodies volun- tarily bereaving themselves of reason , and traversing its work . The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast . Its fit hour of activi- ty is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution ...
... bodies volun- tarily bereaving themselves of reason , and traversing its work . The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast . Its fit hour of activi- ty is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution ...
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