On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in HistoryD. C. Heath, 1913 - 313 pages |
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... epoch of religion , among a very different people : Mahom- etanism among the Arabs . A great change ; what a change and progress is indicated here , in the universal condition and thoughts of men ! The Hero is not now regarded as a God ...
... epoch of religion , among a very different people : Mahom- etanism among the Arabs . A great change ; what a change and progress is indicated here , in the universal condition and thoughts of men ! The Hero is not now regarded as a God ...
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... epoch after epoch , were continually diminishing ? We take him first for a god , then for one god - inspired ; and 30 now in the next stage of it , his most miraculous word gains from us only the recognition that he is a Poet ...
... epoch after epoch , were continually diminishing ? We take him first for a god , then for one god - inspired ; and 30 now in the next stage of it , his most miraculous word gains from us only the recognition that he is a Poet ...
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... epoch itself has reached perfection and is finished ; that before long there will be a new epoch , new Reformers needed . Doubtless it were finer , could we go along always in the way of music ; be tamed and taught by our Poets , as the ...
... epoch itself has reached perfection and is finished ; that before long there will be a new epoch , new Reformers needed . Doubtless it were finer , could we go along always in the way of music ; be tamed and taught by our Poets , as the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | ix |
THE STYLE PLAN AND TEACHINGS OF HEROES | xxx |
ON HEROES HEROWORSHIP AND THE HEROIC | 1 |
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