Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 31
... moral or intellectual fact , if traced to its root , is found to be borrowed from some material ap- pearance . Right means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; trans- gression , the crossing of a line ...
... moral or intellectual fact , if traced to its root , is found to be borrowed from some material ap- pearance . Right means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; trans- gression , the crossing of a line ...
Page 38
... 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 . Thus , " the whole is ...
... 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 . Thus , " the whole is ...
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... moral side . ” 66 - This doctrine is abstruse , and though the im- ages of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . Every ...
... moral side . ” 66 - This doctrine is abstruse , and though the im- ages of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . Every ...
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... moral ; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . Therefore is nature glorious with form , color , and motion ; that every globe in the remotest heaven , every chemical change from the rudest ...
... moral ; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . Therefore is nature glorious with form , color , and motion ; that every globe in the remotest heaven , every chemical change from the rudest ...
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... moral sentence . The moral law lies at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference . It is the pith and marrow of every substance , every relation , and every pro- All things with which we deal , preach to us . What is a farm ...
... moral sentence . The moral law lies at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference . It is the pith and marrow of every substance , every relation , and every pro- All things with which we deal , preach to us . What is a farm ...
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