Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 66
... perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but ...
... perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but ...
Page 67
... perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but ...
... perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but ...
Page 68
... perception , we shall gladly disburden the memory of its hoarded treas- ures as old rubbish . When a man lives with God , his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . And now at last the highest ...
... perception , we shall gladly disburden the memory of its hoarded treas- ures as old rubbish . When a man lives with God , his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . And now at last the highest ...
Page 79
... perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat new pinfold will be too strait and low ...
... perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat new pinfold will be too strait and low ...
Page 131
... perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects and schools , for ...
... perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects and schools , for ...
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