Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... feel that nothing can befall me in life , no disgrace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which Nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space , all mean ...
... feel that nothing can befall me in life , no disgrace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which Nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space , all mean ...
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... feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say , we cannot avoid the ...
... feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say , we cannot avoid the ...
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... feel that our out- ward being 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 thoughts of the Supreme Being ...
... feel that our out- ward being 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 thoughts of the Supreme Being ...
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... prefer imperfect theories and sentences which contain glimpses of truth , to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion . A wise writer will feel that the ends of study and composition are best answered by 70 Nature .
... prefer imperfect theories and sentences which contain glimpses of truth , to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion . A wise writer will feel that the ends of study and composition are best answered by 70 Nature .
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... feel or know it , than we feel the feet , or the hand , or the brain of our body . The new deed is yet a part of life - remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life . In some contemplative hour , it detaches itself from the life ...
... feel or know it , than we feel the feet , or the hand , or the brain of our body . The new deed is yet a part of life - remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life . In some contemplative hour , it detaches itself from the life ...
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