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... tion of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign litera- ture , and although one or two appreciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has still to become generally known . One remarkable English ...
... tion of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign litera- ture , and although one or two appreciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has still to become generally known . One remarkable English ...
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... tion of the heart . The philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the various definite forms into which the re- ligious thought of man has thrown itself throughout history are not absolute truth , but only the temporary ...
... tion of the heart . The philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the various definite forms into which the re- ligious thought of man has thrown itself throughout history are not absolute truth , but only the temporary ...
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... tion , so much doubt of his thought and of himself ! He is no preacher , like Emerson and Carlyle , with whom , as poet and idealist ,, he has so much in common ; there is little resemblance between him and the men who speak , as it ...
... tion , so much doubt of his thought and of himself ! He is no preacher , like Emerson and Carlyle , with whom , as poet and idealist ,, he has so much in common ; there is little resemblance between him and the men who speak , as it ...
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... tion of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . 30th December 1850. - The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself ...
... tion of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . 30th December 1850. - The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself ...
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... tion and continuity . It is not that he has no claims to be con- sidered a philosopher or an artist , but rather that he is both imperfectly , for he thinks and writes marvellously , on a small scale . He is an entomologist , a lapidary ...
... tion and continuity . It is not that he has no claims to be con- sidered a philosopher or an artist , but rather that he is both imperfectly , for he thinks and writes marvellously , on a small scale . He is an entomologist , a lapidary ...
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