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Page 16
... connection between design and ac- complishment . In such uncertainty the speaker be- fore an audience on the Fourth of July , designing to produce an inspiration of patriotism , might instead , by chance , arouse base passions of spoils ...
... connection between design and ac- complishment . In such uncertainty the speaker be- fore an audience on the Fourth of July , designing to produce an inspiration of patriotism , might instead , by chance , arouse base passions of spoils ...
Page 33
... connection of things into a universe . That is , he may have to form popular discourse , scientific dis- course , or philosophic discourse . The composer must always mark the grade of minds addressed , and adjust himself to their ...
... connection of things into a universe . That is , he may have to form popular discourse , scientific dis- course , or philosophic discourse . The composer must always mark the grade of minds addressed , and adjust himself to their ...
Page 54
... connection makes the whole ; both are called individual objects . Gladstone is an individ- ual ; and so is the British nation , and for the same reason . The police force of a city is an individual police force , because the parts work ...
... connection makes the whole ; both are called individual objects . Gladstone is an individ- ual ; and so is the British nation , and for the same reason . The police force of a city is an individual police force , because the parts work ...
Page 55
... it to be viewed in connection with the common idea of all sewing - machines . A certain activity produces a triangle — an activity which goes out and comes back to the place of starting by THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE . 55.
... it to be viewed in connection with the common idea of all sewing - machines . A certain activity produces a triangle — an activity which goes out and comes back to the place of starting by THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE . 55.
Page 56
... connection with the all - producing idea . When we speak of the nature of anything we have reference to its producing idea ; for the word nature means that which is about to appear . The nature of man is the energy , the potency which ...
... connection with the all - producing idea . When we speak of the nature of anything we have reference to its producing idea ; for the word nature means that which is about to appear . The nature of man is the energy , the potency which ...
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