Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 94
... when they aim not to drill , but to create ; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls , and by the concentrated fires , set the hearts of their youth on flame . Thought and 94 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
... when they aim not to drill , but to create ; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls , and by the concentrated fires , set the hearts of their youth on flame . Thought and 94 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
Page 108
... genius of the Classic , of the Romantic , and now of the Re- flective or Philosophical age . With the views I have intimated of the oneness or the identity of the mind through all individuals , I do not much dwell on these differences ...
... genius of the Classic , of the Romantic , and now of the Re- flective or Philosophical age . With the views I have intimated of the oneness or the identity of the mind through all individuals , I do not much dwell on these differences ...
Page 111
... genius of Goldsmith , Burns , Cowper , and , in a newer time , of Goethe , Wordsworth , and Carlyle . This idea they have differently followed and with various success . contrast with their writing , the style of Pope , of Johnson , of ...
... genius of Goldsmith , Burns , Cowper , and , in a newer time , of Goethe , Wordsworth , and Carlyle . This idea they have differently followed and with various success . contrast with their writing , the style of Pope , of Johnson , of ...
Page 112
... genius of the ancients . - There is one man of genius who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; — I mean Eman- uel Swedenborg . The most imaginative of men , yet writing ...
... genius of the ancients . - There is one man of genius who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; — I mean Eman- uel Swedenborg . The most imaginative of men , yet writing ...
Page 126
... genius its divine impulses . What these holy bards said , all sane men found agreeable and true . And the unique impression of Jesus upon mankind , whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of this world , is proof ...
... genius its divine impulses . What these holy bards said , all sane men found agreeable and true . And the unique impression of Jesus upon mankind , whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of this world , is proof ...
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