On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in HistoryChapman and Hall, 1840 - 303 pages |
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... direct our survey chiefly to that re- ligious phasis of the matter . That once known well , all is known . We have chosen as the first Hero in our series , Jizme Frol - the 22287 n Odin the central figure Lect . I. 5 THE HERO AS DIVINITY .
... direct our survey chiefly to that re- ligious phasis of the matter . That once known well , all is known . We have chosen as the first Hero in our series , Jizme Frol - the 22287 n Odin the central figure Lect . I. 5 THE HERO AS DIVINITY .
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... once discovered , we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds !. This is the truth of Grand Lamaism ; the ' discoverability ' is the only error here . The Thibet priests have methods of their own of discovering what ...
... once discovered , we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds !. This is the truth of Grand Lamaism ; the ' discoverability ' is the only error here . The Thibet priests have methods of their own of discovering what ...
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... once a Surely it were a foolish attempt to pretend ' explaining , ' in this place , or in any place , such a phenomenon as that far - distant distracted cloudy imbroglio of Paganism , —more like a cloudfield than a distant continent of ...
... once a Surely it were a foolish attempt to pretend ' explaining , ' in this place , or in any place , such a phenomenon as that far - distant distracted cloudy imbroglio of Paganism , —more like a cloudfield than a distant continent of ...
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... once struck on it , into fire like his own . The dry mouldering sticks are thought to have called him forth . They did want him greatly ; but as to calling him forth -- Those are critics of small vision , I think , who cry : " See , is ...
... once struck on it , into fire like his own . The dry mouldering sticks are thought to have called him forth . They did want him greatly ; but as to calling him forth -- Those are critics of small vision , I think , who cry : " See , is ...
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... once awakened does not again slumber ; unfolds itself into a System of Thought ; grows , in man after man , generation after generation , —till its full stature is reached , and such System of Thought can grow no farther , but must give ...
... once awakened does not again slumber ; unfolds itself into a System of Thought ; grows , in man after man , generation after generation , —till its full stature is reached , and such System of Thought can grow no farther , but must give ...
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