Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 108
... expression of this fact in the proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of Reason , or the state- ments of an absolute truth without qualifica- tion . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary ...
... expression of this fact in the proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of Reason , or the state- ments of an absolute truth without qualifica- tion . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary ...
Page 131
... expression of what force and meaning is in him . The common expe- rience is that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary details of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a ...
... expression of what force and meaning is in him . The common expe- rience is that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary details of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a ...
Page 149
... expression ; but it is necessary to write a let- ter to a friend , -and forthwith troops of gen- tle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand , with chosen words . See , in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the palpi ...
... expression ; but it is necessary to write a let- ter to a friend , -and forthwith troops of gen- tle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand , with chosen words . See , in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the palpi ...
Page 213
... expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world : but yesterday I saw a dreary vacuity in this direction in which now I see so much ; and a month hence , I doubt not , I shall ...
... expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world : but yesterday I saw a dreary vacuity in this direction in which now I see so much ; and a month hence , I doubt not , I shall ...
Page 214
... expressions of one law . Aristotle and Plate are reckoned the respective heads of two schools . A wise man will see that Aristotle Platonizes . By going one step farther back in thought , discordant opinions are recon- ciled by being ...
... expressions of one law . Aristotle and Plate are reckoned the respective heads of two schools . A wise man will see that Aristotle Platonizes . By going one step farther back in thought , discordant opinions are recon- ciled by being ...
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