Essays, Orations and LecturesWilliam Tegg and Company, 1848 - 385 pages |
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Page 7
... thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Beautifully shines a spirit through the bruteness and toughness of matter . Alone omnipotent , it converts all things to its own end . The HISTORY . 7.
... thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Beautifully shines a spirit through the bruteness and toughness of matter . Alone omnipotent , it converts all things to its own end . The HISTORY . 7.
Page 24
... shines in on us at unawares ; but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature , but from it rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , come much nearer to these - understand them better ...
... shines in on us at unawares ; but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature , but from it rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , come much nearer to these - understand them better ...
Page 7
... thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Beautifully shines a spirit through the bruteness and toughness of matter . Alone omnipotent , it converts all things to its own end . The HISTORY . 7.
... thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Beautifully shines a spirit through the bruteness and toughness of matter . Alone omnipotent , it converts all things to its own end . The HISTORY . 7.
Page 24
... shines in on us at unawares ; but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature , but from it rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , come much nearer to these - understand them better ...
... shines in on us at unawares ; but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature , but from it rather . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , come much nearer to these - understand them better ...
Page 95
... Shine with real light , and not with the borrowed reflection of gifts . Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , they excuse themselves with prolix reasons , they accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We ...
... Shine with real light , and not with the borrowed reflection of gifts . Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , they excuse themselves with prolix reasons , they accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We ...
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