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... Reason , is among the earliest of her Offspring : and we may further assert , that from these conjoined , and under their countenance , the human affections are gradually formed and opened out . This is not the place to enter into the ...
... Reason , is among the earliest of her Offspring : and we may further assert , that from these conjoined , and under their countenance , the human affections are gradually formed and opened out . This is not the place to enter into the ...
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... reason , but this is not so strong a contrast ; for , after all , mankind in the main has always regarded reason as a bit of a joke . Lear introduces his unmeaning words and his amorphous creatures not with the pomp of reason , but with ...
... reason , but this is not so strong a contrast ; for , after all , mankind in the main has always regarded reason as a bit of a joke . Lear introduces his unmeaning words and his amorphous creatures not with the pomp of reason , but with ...
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... reason . There must always be a rich moral soil for any great aesthetic growth . The principle of art for art's sake is a very good principle if it means that there is a vital distinction between the earth and the tree that has its ...
... reason . There must always be a rich moral soil for any great aesthetic growth . The principle of art for art's sake is a very good principle if it means that there is a vital distinction between the earth and the tree that has its ...
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