Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 21
... individual sees without him cor- responds to his states of mind , and every thing is in turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series be- longs . ― The primeval world , the Fore ...
... individual sees without him cor- responds to his states of mind , and every thing is in turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series be- longs . ― The primeval world , the Fore ...
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... man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteris- tics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of HISTORY . 23.
... man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteris- tics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of HISTORY . 23.
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... individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation , a haughty beneficiary , begging in the name of God , as made good to the nineteenth century Simeon the Stylite , the Thebais , and the first ...
... individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation , a haughty beneficiary , begging in the name of God , as made good to the nineteenth century Simeon the Stylite , the Thebais , and the first ...
Page 87
... individual of every animal tribe . The reaction , so grand in the elements , is re- peated within these small boundaries . For example , in the animal kingdom the physiologist has observed that no creatures are favorites , but a certain ...
... individual of every animal tribe . The reaction , so grand in the elements , is re- peated within these small boundaries . For example , in the animal kingdom the physiologist has observed that no creatures are favorites , but a certain ...
Page 107
... individuals , when the truth is seen , and the martyrs are justified . Thus do all things preach the indifferency of cir- cumstances . The man is all . Every thing has two sides , a good and an evil . Every advantage has its - tax . I ...
... individuals , when the truth is seen , and the martyrs are justified . Thus do all things preach the indifferency of cir- cumstances . The man is all . Every thing has two sides , a good and an evil . Every advantage has its - tax . I ...
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