A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 46
... earth , which is happiness and a genial nature . It is thus that the sunshine of happy faces is re- flected upon our own . We may even find a beam of it in every thing that Heaven looks upon . The dullest minds do not vegetate for ...
... earth , which is happiness and a genial nature . It is thus that the sunshine of happy faces is re- flected upon our own . We may even find a beam of it in every thing that Heaven looks upon . The dullest minds do not vegetate for ...
Page 49
... earth itself slide from under our feet . The mys- tery of the permission of evil still remained ; the mystery of imperfection and of cause itself was only thrown back ; and in fact the invention of the Demiurgus was merely shifting the ...
... earth itself slide from under our feet . The mys- tery of the permission of evil still remained ; the mystery of imperfection and of cause itself was only thrown back ; and in fact the invention of the Demiurgus was merely shifting the ...
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... earth , argues nothing against a life hereafter . The fitness of a human soul for immortality may be a part of the experiment . The divinest preacher of eternity that has appeared , ex- pressly anticipated a happier period for mankind ...
... earth , argues nothing against a life hereafter . The fitness of a human soul for immortality may be a part of the experiment . The divinest preacher of eternity that has appeared , ex- pressly anticipated a happier period for mankind ...
Page 52
... earth , they behaved like the party going home ; made love again after their fashion ; interfered in quarrels , frightened the old and the feeble ; and next day joined a campaign , or presided at an orthodox meeting . In short , they ...
... earth , they behaved like the party going home ; made love again after their fashion ; interfered in quarrels , frightened the old and the feeble ; and next day joined a campaign , or presided at an orthodox meeting . In short , they ...
Page 58
... earth and heaven . * Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the least respectable of our passions , our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine part of Christianity that it ap- peals to love ...
... earth and heaven . * Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the least respectable of our passions , our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine part of Christianity that it ap- peals to love ...
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