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... learning , whether America , Europe , or Asia , Greek genius stands alone ; not only in the sphere of philosophy in general , but in the department of the specialised sciences , such as biology and psychology ; it remains unconsumed and ...
... learning , whether America , Europe , or Asia , Greek genius stands alone ; not only in the sphere of philosophy in general , but in the department of the specialised sciences , such as biology and psychology ; it remains unconsumed and ...
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... learning which was inaugurated in the reign of Charlemagne . The great thinkers of the Middle Ages who determined the development of Christian Europe drew much of their inspiration from them . Aristotle's writings found their way into ...
... learning which was inaugurated in the reign of Charlemagne . The great thinkers of the Middle Ages who determined the development of Christian Europe drew much of their inspiration from them . Aristotle's writings found their way into ...
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... learning developed , it became fashionable to buy Greeks who were learned , and Greeks were therefore slaves . The Roman temper towards the Greek was one of contempt . But what would Rome have been without the inheritance she received ...
... learning developed , it became fashionable to buy Greeks who were learned , and Greeks were therefore slaves . The Roman temper towards the Greek was one of contempt . But what would Rome have been without the inheritance she received ...
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... intelligence radiated from it to the whole of Europe , and for centuries it has been a centre of freedom , of learning , and of progress . The difference between the revival of Calvin in Geneva and 46 EVOLUTION OF SMALLER NATIONS.
... intelligence radiated from it to the whole of Europe , and for centuries it has been a centre of freedom , of learning , and of progress . The difference between the revival of Calvin in Geneva and 46 EVOLUTION OF SMALLER NATIONS.
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... learning . Strong has been their instinct for commercialism , for when forced out of one industry by foreign competition , they in- stituted others equally valuable and remunerative . They sent their coloured prints into the markets of ...
... learning . Strong has been their instinct for commercialism , for when forced out of one industry by foreign competition , they in- stituted others equally valuable and remunerative . They sent their coloured prints into the markets of ...
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Page 96 - Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 148 - It may be pertinacity," said he, at length ; " but to my eye these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold, and stern, and solitary about it. When I have been for some time in the rich scenery about Edinburgh, which is like ornamented garden land, I begin to wish myself back again among my own honest grey hills ; and if I did not see the heather at least once a year, / think I should die!
Page 497 - Observations on Civil Liberty, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America," in which he insisted that a free Government was one of the natural rights of civilised man.
Page 96 - Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high career : Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell, And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell ! The sun went down, nor ceased the carnage there ! Tumultuous murder shook the midnight air ; On Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow, His blood-dyed waters murmuring far below...
Page 96 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 485 - Israel. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. ^But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
Page 24 - But then, O my friends, he said, if the soul is really immortal, What care should be taken of her, not only in respect of the portion of time which is called life, but of eternity ! And the danger of neglecting her from this point of view does indeed appear to be awful.
Page 51 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men...
Page 22 - O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Page 436 - While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts: we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws...