On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in HistoryChapman and Hall, 1840 - 303 pages |
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... never the originating influence in such things ; it was not the health and life of such things , but their disease , the sure precursor of their being about to die ! Let us never forget this . It seems to me a most mournful hypothesis ...
... never the originating influence in such things ; it was not the health and life of such things , but their disease , the sure precursor of their being about to die ! Let us never forget this . It seems to me a most mournful hypothesis ...
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... never was a sport to him ; it was a stern reality , altogether a serious matter to be alive ! I find , therefore , that though these Allegory theorists are on the way towards truth in this matter , they have not reached it either ...
... never was a sport to him ; it was a stern reality , altogether a serious matter to be alive ! I find , therefore , that though these Allegory theorists are on the way towards truth in this matter , they have not reached it either ...
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... never did believe idle songs , never risked their soul's life on allego- ries : men in all times , especially in early earnest times , have had an instinct for detecting quacks , for detesting quacks . Let us try if , leaving out both ...
... never did believe idle songs , never risked their soul's life on allego- ries : men in all times , especially in early earnest times , have had an instinct for detecting quacks , for detesting quacks . Let us try if , leaving out both ...
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... At bottom we do not yet know ; we can never know at all . It is not by our superior insight that we escape the difficulty ; it is by our superior levity , our inattention , our want of insight . It is by not thinking 10 LECTURES ON HEROES .
... At bottom we do not yet know ; we can never know at all . It is not by our superior insight that we escape the difficulty ; it is by our superior levity , our inattention , our want of insight . It is by not thinking 10 LECTURES ON HEROES .
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... never penetrate , on which all science swims as a mere superficial film . This world , after all our science and sci- ences , is still a miracle ; wonderful , inscrutable , magical and more , to whosoever will think of it . That great ...
... never penetrate , on which all science swims as a mere superficial film . This world , after all our science and sci- ences , is still a miracle ; wonderful , inscrutable , magical and more , to whosoever will think of it . That great ...
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