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... beauty of this divine attribute . There is a twofold understanding or knowledge of good that God has made the mind of man capable of . The first , that which is merely speculative and notional ; as when a person only speculatively ...
... beauty of this divine attribute . There is a twofold understanding or knowledge of good that God has made the mind of man capable of . The first , that which is merely speculative and notional ; as when a person only speculatively ...
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... beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will , and never separate . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent ...
... beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will , and never separate . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent ...
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... beauty of the world may be viewed , namely , as it becomes an object of the intellect . Beside the relation of things to virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out ... beauty . Beauty , in 464 · Ralph Waldo Emerson.
... beauty of the world may be viewed , namely , as it becomes an object of the intellect . Beside the relation of things to virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out ... beauty . Beauty , in 464 · Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Contents
PREFACE | xxxix |
The Colonies the Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
JOHN SMITH 15801631 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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