Old Pictures of Life, Volume 2Stone and Kimball, 1894 |
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... thought . It was generally assumed that learning must be something much deeper than ordinary forms of thinking , and into this error ran almost the entire flock of intellectual men in Egypt , Arabia , Asia , and afterward Greece ...
... thought . It was generally assumed that learning must be something much deeper than ordinary forms of thinking , and into this error ran almost the entire flock of intellectual men in Egypt , Arabia , Asia , and afterward Greece ...
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... thought , it made it relig- ious and dreamy and transformed possible Ciceros and Plinies into such persons as Origen and Augustine . There was no longer any conception of any grand nation except the one that was going to have gates of ...
... thought , it made it relig- ious and dreamy and transformed possible Ciceros and Plinies into such persons as Origen and Augustine . There was no longer any conception of any grand nation except the one that was going to have gates of ...
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... Æneas takes the bow and arrows which Achates was carrying . He brings down the leaders and then he pursues the whole multitude through the leafy woods . " Such was the form of thought and ex- pression that 14 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
... Æneas takes the bow and arrows which Achates was carrying . He brings down the leaders and then he pursues the whole multitude through the leafy woods . " Such was the form of thought and ex- pression that 14 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
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David Swing. Such was the form of thought and ex- pression that prevailed from Homer to Tacitus , almost a thousand years , but not such was the form of thought that led down to the dark ages . St. Augustine illustrates the form of ...
David Swing. Such was the form of thought and ex- pression that prevailed from Homer to Tacitus , almost a thousand years , but not such was the form of thought that led down to the dark ages . St. Augustine illustrates the form of ...
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... thought that had once built up the classic civilization . The ruin was caused chiefly by an internal foe . There remained no national spirit , and therefore the states- men and lawyers had died out , for the most 16 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
... thought that had once built up the classic civilization . The ruin was caused chiefly by an internal foe . There remained no national spirit , and therefore the states- men and lawyers had died out , for the most 16 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
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