The Treasure Chest: An Anthology of Contemplative ProseJames Donald Adams E.P. Dutton, Incorporated, 1946 - 402 Seiten |
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... truth , merely as truth , has any in- herent power denied to error , of prevailing against the dungeon and the stake . Men are not more zeal- ous for truth than they often are for error , and a sufficient application of legal or even of ...
... truth , merely as truth , has any in- herent power denied to error , of prevailing against the dungeon and the stake . Men are not more zeal- ous for truth than they often are for error , and a sufficient application of legal or even of ...
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An Anthology of Contemplative Prose James Donald Adams. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL The Fear of Truth MAN DEFENDS HIMSELF as much as he can against truth , as a child does against a medicine , as the man of the Platonic cave does against the ...
An Anthology of Contemplative Prose James Donald Adams. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL The Fear of Truth MAN DEFENDS HIMSELF as much as he can against truth , as a child does against a medicine , as the man of the Platonic cave does against the ...
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... truth . For if the truth is bitter , why should we not try to escape from it ? If the universe is a cruel prac- tical joke made by nobody , why not baffle the non- existent joker by believing that it is other than it is ? Why has the ...
... truth . For if the truth is bitter , why should we not try to escape from it ? If the universe is a cruel prac- tical joke made by nobody , why not baffle the non- existent joker by believing that it is other than it is ? Why has the ...
Inhalt
Remember Now Thy Creator | 7 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH | 13 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | 22 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beauty become believe better birds body C. S. LEWIS creature danger dead death delight dreams dust E. B. WHITE earth Ellen Glasgow emotion eyes farm fear feel flowers GEORGE SANTAYANA GERALD KERSH give H. M. TOMLINSON happiness hath heart human imagination individual kind knew land liberty light living look man's mankind means memory mind moral mystery names nature ness never night ourselves pain passed passions past person pleasure poet poetry prose RALPH WALDO EMERSON reason Robert Henriques SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE seems sense sentiment sleep soul speak spirit stream strong talk temper things thou thought tion toil tree true truth Van Wyck Brooks vanity virtue voice walk WILLIAM HAZLITT wind wisdom women words write youth