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... tion . Still less does it mean that the significance of a myth will be the same in all its stages of evolution . On the contrary , the variety of its forms will be some , albeit not infallible , testimony to a corresponding divergency ...
... tion . Still less does it mean that the significance of a myth will be the same in all its stages of evolution . On the contrary , the variety of its forms will be some , albeit not infallible , testimony to a corresponding divergency ...
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... tion . We might therefore anticipate that the earliest myths current , those for example among the Greeks , would have interwoven into them metaphysical notions , ethical ideas , general- isations from human history , etc. Not that this ...
... tion . We might therefore anticipate that the earliest myths current , those for example among the Greeks , would have interwoven into them metaphysical notions , ethical ideas , general- isations from human history , etc. Not that this ...
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... tion , and we are also able to appreciate the truth - too often over- looked by mythologists - that the same myth , originating among different races and at different times , may possess diverse sources and designations while sharing ...
... tion , and we are also able to appreciate the truth - too often over- looked by mythologists - that the same myth , originating among different races and at different times , may possess diverse sources and designations while sharing ...
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... tion of such a myth as that of Prometheus . Turning however to the more particular sources of that myth , we find Prometheus in its very earliest stage of formation connected with the planet Venus . He is the morning star , the dawn ...
... tion of such a myth as that of Prometheus . Turning however to the more particular sources of that myth , we find Prometheus in its very earliest stage of formation connected with the planet Venus . He is the morning star , the dawn ...
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... tion a corresponding symbolical meaning . The sun has departed , taking with him that light which was the physical and mental sustenance of the thoughtful Greek . The darkness of night is approaching . Hesperos recalls the light that ...
... tion a corresponding symbolical meaning . The sun has departed , taking with him that light which was the physical and mental sustenance of the thoughtful Greek . The darkness of night is approaching . Hesperos recalls the light that ...
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Page 302 - Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad: Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream.
Page 297 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give ; Nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse : Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime 's by action dignified.
Page 336 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Page 286 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 336 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, " This thing 's to do," Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do 't.
Page 321 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come ; the readiness is all ; since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
Page 293 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 321 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 301 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead ; Force should be right ; or rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Page 76 - Thou art a symbol and a sign To Mortals of their fate and force ; Like thee, Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source ; And Man in portions can foresee His own funereal destiny...