Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 51
... whilst his character retains all its unconscious effect , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , it is a sign to us that his office is clos ing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time , - CHAPTER VI ...
... whilst his character retains all its unconscious effect , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , it is a sign to us that his office is clos ing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time , - CHAPTER VI ...
Page 54
... whilst we acquiesce entirely in the perma- nence of natural laws , the question of the absolute existence of nature still remains open . It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind , not to shake our faith in the stability of ...
... whilst we acquiesce entirely in the perma- nence of natural laws , the question of the absolute existence of nature still remains open . It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind , not to shake our faith in the stability of ...
Page 56
... whilst the world is a spectacle , something in himself is stable . 2. In a higher manner the poet communicates the same pleasure . By a few strokes he delineates , as on air , the sun , the mountain , the camp , the city , the hero ...
... whilst the world is a spectacle , something in himself is stable . 2. In a higher manner the poet communicates the same pleasure . By a few strokes he delineates , as on air , the sun , the mountain , the camp , the city , the hero ...
Page 59
... Whilst thus the poet animates nature with his own thoughts , he differs from the philosopher only herein , that the one proposes Beauty as his main end ; the other Truth . But the philosopher , not less than the poet , postpones the ...
... Whilst thus the poet animates nature with his own thoughts , he differs from the philosopher only herein , that the one proposes Beauty as his main end ; the other Truth . But the philosopher , not less than the poet , postpones the ...
Page 60
... their presence we feel that the outward circumstance is a dream and a shade . Whilst we wait in this Olympus of gods , we think of nature as an appendix to the soul . We ascend into their region , and know that these are the 60 IDEALISM .
... their presence we feel that the outward circumstance is a dream and a shade . Whilst we wait in this Olympus of gods , we think of nature as an appendix to the soul . We ascend into their region , and know that these are the 60 IDEALISM .
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