Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 33
... seen that there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade nature . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies relations in all ...
... seen that there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade nature . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies relations in all ...
Page 34
... seen to extend from it to man , and the little drudge is seen to be a monitor , a little body with a mighty heart , then all its hab- its , even that said to be recently observed , that it never sleeps , become sublime . Because of this ...
... seen to extend from it to man , and the little drudge is seen to be a monitor , a little body with a mighty heart , then all its hab- its , even that said to be recently observed , that it never sleeps , become sublime . Because of this ...
Page 41
... seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , becomes , when interpreted and defined in an object , a part of the domain of knowledge , a new weapon in the mag- azine of power . • CHAPTER V. DISCIPLINE ...
... seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , becomes , when interpreted and defined in an object , a part of the domain of knowledge , a new weapon in the mag- azine of power . • CHAPTER V. DISCIPLINE ...
Page 49
... that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it per- VOL . I. 4 vades Thought also . Every universal truth which we express DISCIPLINE . 49.
... that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it per- VOL . I. 4 vades Thought also . Every universal truth which we express DISCIPLINE . 49.
Page 50
... seen from one side . innumerable sides . But it has The central Unity is still more conspicuous in actions . Words are finite organs of the infinite mind . They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth . They break , chop , and ...
... seen from one side . innumerable sides . But it has The central Unity is still more conspicuous in actions . Words are finite organs of the infinite mind . They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth . They break , chop , and ...
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