Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 53
... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design ; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Em ...
... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design ; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Em ...
Page 56
... cause . Here is the fountain of action and of thought . Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wis ... causes , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is 56 ESSAY II .
... cause . Here is the fountain of action and of thought . Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wis ... causes , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is 56 ESSAY II .
Page 58
... cause , and , in the universal miracle , petty and particular mir- acles disappear . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mouldered nation in anoth- er country ...
... cause , and , in the universal miracle , petty and particular mir- acles disappear . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mouldered nation in anoth- er country ...
Page 61
... - ribute of the Supreme Cause , and it constitutes the measure of good by the degree in which it enters in- to all lower forms . All things real are so by so much virtue as they contain . Commerce , husbandry , hunting SELF - RELIANCE . 61.
... - ribute of the Supreme Cause , and it constitutes the measure of good by the degree in which it enters in- to all lower forms . All things real are so by so much virtue as they contain . Commerce , husbandry , hunting SELF - RELIANCE . 61.
Page 62
... cause . Let us stun and aston- ish the intruding rabble of men and books and insti- tutions , by a simple declaration of the divine fact . Bid the invaders take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity ...
... cause . Let us stun and aston- ish the intruding rabble of men and books and insti- tutions , by a simple declaration of the divine fact . Bid the invaders take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity ...
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