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His diction may have faults ; of these we shall not treat here , but we may remark that the charge of obscu- rity so commonly brought against all thinkers endowed with originality , is , generally speak- ing , only a declaration of ...
His diction may have faults ; of these we shall not treat here , but we may remark that the charge of obscu- rity so commonly brought against all thinkers endowed with originality , is , generally speak- ing , only a declaration of ...
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Genius is not , generally speaking , uncon- scious of what it experiences or of what it is capable . It is not the suspended harp which Doubly sacred , we say , -and to murmur sounds ( as the statue of Memnon in the desert at the plaint ...
Genius is not , generally speaking , uncon- scious of what it experiences or of what it is capable . It is not the suspended harp which Doubly sacred , we say , -and to murmur sounds ( as the statue of Memnon in the desert at the plaint ...
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And why does he design is the calm of inaction , of contemplation ; us the first , without the second ? and contemplation here on earth is the sel- does he speak to us , at times , in such beauti- fishness of genius . ful passages ...
And why does he design is the calm of inaction , of contemplation ; us the first , without the second ? and contemplation here on earth is the sel- does he speak to us , at times , in such beauti- fishness of genius . ful passages ...
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66 You profane the sanctity of the idea , " be- cause the men into whom we seek to instil it are flesh and blood , and we are obliged to speak to their senses ? Condemn all action , then ; for action is only a form of thought ...
66 You profane the sanctity of the idea , " be- cause the men into whom we seek to instil it are flesh and blood , and we are obliged to speak to their senses ? Condemn all action , then ; for action is only a form of thought ...
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What law , what sure object can we act as well as speak ; you must be able to then have for action , excepting those to die without being compelled to acknow- which our individual instincts lead us ? Re- ledge , " I have known such a ...
What law , what sure object can we act as well as speak ; you must be able to then have for action , excepting those to die without being compelled to acknow- which our individual instincts lead us ? Re- ledge , " I have known such a ...
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| Title | The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2 |
| Contributors | Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Publisher | Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2017 |
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