Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 30
... reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from the routine of customary images , awakens the reader's invention and fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the un- ceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise ...
... reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from the routine of customary images , awakens the reader's invention and fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the un- ceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise ...
Page 34
... reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the mind is One , and that nature is its correla- tive , history is to be read and written . You Thus in all ways does the soul ...
... reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the mind is One , and that nature is its correla- tive , history is to be read and written . You Thus in all ways does the soul ...
Page 54
... , that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , 54 ESSAY II .
... , that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , 54 ESSAY II .
Page 55
... man . The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self - trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aboriginal Self , on which a universal reliance may be grounded ? What SELF - RELIANCE . 55.
... man . The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self - trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aboriginal Self , on which a universal reliance may be grounded ? What SELF - RELIANCE . 55.
Page 64
... it will bring us out safe at last . But so you may give these friends pain . Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . - Besides , all persons have their moments of reason , 64 ESSAY II .
... it will bring us out safe at last . But so you may give these friends pain . Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . - Besides , all persons have their moments of reason , 64 ESSAY II .
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