Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... moral or intellectual fact , if traced to its root , is found to be borrowed from some material appearance . Right originally means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression , the crossing of a line ...
... moral or intellectual fact , if traced to its root , is found to be borrowed from some material appearance . Right originally means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression , the crossing of a line ...
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... speech are metaphors , because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind . The laws of moral nature answer to those of matter as face to face in a glass . " The visible world and the relation of its parts Language . 33.
... speech are metaphors , because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind . The laws of moral nature answer to those of matter as face to face in a glass . " The visible world and the relation of its parts Language . 33.
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... moral truth . Thus : A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way will beat a racer in the wrong ; Make hay whilst the sun shines ; ' Tis hard to carry a full cup even ; Vine ...
... moral truth . Thus : A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way will beat a racer in the wrong ; Make hay whilst the sun shines ; ' Tis hard to carry a full cup even ; Vine ...
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... moral side . " This doctrine is abstruse , and though the images of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . " Every ...
... moral side . " This doctrine is abstruse , and though the images of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . " Every ...
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... moral and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . There- fore is Nature glorious with form , colour , and motion , that every globe in the remotest heaven ; every chemical change , from the rudest ...
... moral and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . There- fore is Nature glorious with form , colour , and motion , that every globe in the remotest heaven ; every chemical change , from the rudest ...
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action American astronomy beauty becomes behold better CHARLES GRIFFIN church cloth common divine doctrine duties earth Edinburgh Review effeminacy eternal evermore exist fact faculties faith fear feel Feudalism forms garden genius give Goethe Greece hath heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope hour human idea ideal theory infinite inspiration instantly intellect Justice and Truth labour land landscape language lative laws light live look LORD BROUGHAM manual labour matter means ment mind moral Nature never noble objects perfect persons philosophy Pindar plant Plato Plotinus poet poetry poor present reason relation religion rich scholar seems seen sense sentiment shines society solitude soul speak spirit stand stars sublime things thou thought tion trade true truth universal virtue whilst whole WILLIAM COBBETT wisdom wise words worship Zoroaster