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Page 39
... spoke not what men but what they thought . A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within , more than the lustre of - the firmament of bards and sages . Yet he dismisses ESSAY III.
... spoke not what men but what they thought . A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within , more than the lustre of - the firmament of bards and sages . Yet he dismisses ESSAY III.
Page 52
... light on the advancing actor . as by a visible escort of angels . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice , and dignity into Washington's port , and America into Adams's eye . Honor is venerable to us because it is no ...
... light on the advancing actor . as by a visible escort of angels . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice , and dignity into Washington's port , and America into Adams's eye . Honor is venerable to us because it is no ...
Page 56
... light , from time , from man , but one with them , and proceeds obvious- ly from the same source whence their life and being also proceed . We first share the life by which things exist , and afterwards see them as appearances in na ...
... light , from time , from man , but one with them , and proceeds obvious- ly from the same source whence their life and being also proceed . We first share the life by which things exist , and afterwards see them as appearances in na ...
Page 57
... light , na- ture , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , - texts , temples ...
... light , na- ture , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , - texts , temples ...
Page 58
... light ; where it is , is day ; where it was , is night ; and history is an impertinence and an injury , if it be any thing more than a cheerful apologue or parable of my being and becoming . Man is timid and apologetic ; he is no longer ...
... light ; where it is , is day ; where it was , is night ; and history is an impertinence and an injury , if it be any thing more than a cheerful apologue or parable of my being and becoming . Man is timid and apologetic ; he is no longer ...
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