 The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no ;...  Rousseau and Romanticism - Page 184by Irving Babbitt - 1919 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1912 - 788 pages
...stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by cold facts and dry criticism of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates and says no; drunkenness expands and says yes. It is, in fact, the great yes function in man. It brings its votary from the chill periphery... | |
 | WILLIAM JAMES - 1902 - 566 pages
...stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes,...core. It makes him for the moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and the unlettered it stands in the place... | |
 | William James - Conversion - 1902 - 558 pages
...all susceptible and ambitious men complain, of lassitude and uncertainty as to his life's mission. says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes....core. It makes him for the moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and the unlettered it stands in the place... | |
 | Herman Gustav Adolph Brauer - 1903 - 192 pages
...stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes,...core. It makes him for the moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and the unlettered it stands in the place... | |
 | Herman Gustav Adolph Brauer - Filosofia francesa - 1903 - 190 pages
...truth in Renan'scontention. This is more clearly and less objectionably put by Prof. James: imites, and says yes. It is in fact the great exciter of the...periphery of things to the radiant core. It makes him for tfie moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and the unlettered... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - Greek drama (Tragedy) - 1903 - 416 pages
...grain of truth in Kenan's contention. This is more clearly and less objectionably put by Prof. James: unites, and says yes. It is in fact the great exciter of the Tea function in man. It brings its votary from the chill periphery of things to the radiant core. It... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Cornwall (England : County) - 1908 - 358 pages
...hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates and says, No; drunkenness expands, unites and says, Yes. ... It brings its votary from the chill periphery of things...radiant core. It makes him for the moment one with truth ... it is part of the deeper mystery and tragedy of life that whiffs and gleams of something that we... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Cornwall (England : County) - 1908 - 360 pages
...stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes,...drunkenness expands, unites and says, Yes. ... It brings its votary from the chill periphery of things to the radiant core. It makes him for the moment... | |
 | Harold Begbie - Christian biography - 1909 - 296 pages
...stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes,...periphery of things to the radiant core. It makes him i for the moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and the... | |
 | United States Brewers' Association - Brewing industry - 1911 - 416 pages
...faculties of human nature usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. It brings its votary from the chill periphery of things...core. It makes him for the moment one with truth. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. To the poor and unlettered it stands in the place... | |
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