Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... mind . What is common to them all , that perfectness and harmony , is beauty . The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of nat- ural forms , the totality of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty " il piu nell ...
... mind . What is common to them all , that perfectness and harmony , is beauty . The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of nat- ural forms , the totality of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty " il piu nell ...
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... mind , and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its pic- ture . An enraged man is a lion , a cunning man is a fox , a firm man is a rock , a learned man is a torch . A lamb is innocence ...
... mind , and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its pic- ture . An enraged man is a lion , a cunning man is a fox , a firm man is a rock , a learned man is a torch . A lamb is innocence ...
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... mind . It is proper creation . It is the work- ing of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind , over the ...
... mind . It is proper creation . It is the work- ing of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind , over the ...
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... mind . The laws of moral nature answer to those of mat- ter as face to face in a glass . " The visible world and the relation of its parts , is the dial plate of the invisible . " The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics ...
... mind . The laws of moral nature answer to those of mat- ter as face to face in a glass . " The visible world and the relation of its parts , is the dial plate of the invisible . " The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics ...
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... mind and matter is not fancied by some poet , but stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or it does not appear . When in fortunate hours we ponder this miracle , the wise man doubts if at ...
... mind and matter is not fancied by some poet , but stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or it does not appear . When in fortunate hours we ponder this miracle , the wise man doubts if at ...
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