Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 189
... scope . I do not wish in attempting to paint a man , to describe an air - fed , unimpassioned , impossible ghost . My eyes and ears are revolted by any neglect of the physical facts , the limitations THE METHOD OF NATURE . 189.
... scope . I do not wish in attempting to paint a man , to describe an air - fed , unimpassioned , impossible ghost . My eyes and ears are revolted by any neglect of the physical facts , the limitations THE METHOD OF NATURE . 189.
Page 217
... WISH to offer to your consideration some thoughts on the particular and general relations of man as a reformer . I shall assume that the aim of each young man in this association is the very highest that belongs to a rational mind . Let ...
... WISH to offer to your consideration some thoughts on the particular and general relations of man as a reformer . I shall assume that the aim of each young man in this association is the very highest that belongs to a rational mind . Let ...
Page 235
... wish to be absurd and pedantic in re- form . I do not wish to push my criticism on the state of things around me to that extravagant mark that shall compel me to suicide , or to an ab- solute isolation from the advantages of civil so ...
... wish to be absurd and pedantic in re- form . I do not wish to push my criticism on the state of things around me to that extravagant mark that shall compel me to suicide , or to an ab- solute isolation from the advantages of civil so ...
Page 241
... wish to be represented or ruled by the igno- rant and base . They only vote for these , because they were asked with the voice and semblance of kindness . They will not vote for them long . They inevitably prefer wit and probity . To ...
... wish to be represented or ruled by the igno- rant and base . They only vote for these , because they were asked with the voice and semblance of kindness . They will not vote for them long . They inevitably prefer wit and probity . To ...
Page 248
... , arises Reform , and offers the sentiment of . Love as an overmatch to this material might . I wish to consider well this affirmative side , which has a loftier port and reason than heretofore , which 248 LECTURE ON THE TIMES .
... , arises Reform , and offers the sentiment of . Love as an overmatch to this material might . I wish to consider well this affirmative side , which has a loftier port and reason than heretofore , which 248 LECTURE ON THE TIMES .
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