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The central Unity is still more conspicuous in actions . Words are finite organs of the infinite mind . They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth . They break , chop and impoverish it . An action is the perfection and ...
The central Unity is still more conspicuous in actions . Words are finite organs of the infinite mind . They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth . They break , chop and impoverish it . An action is the perfection and ...
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Action is with the scholar subordinate , but it is essential . Without it he is not yet man . Without it thought can never ripen into truth . Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty , we cannot even see its beauty .
Action is with the scholar subordinate , but it is essential . Without it he is not yet man . Without it thought can never ripen into truth . Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty , we cannot even see its beauty .
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Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . ... Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions .
Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . ... Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions .
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| Title | American Literature Survey, Volume 2 American Literature Survey, Milton R. Stern Viking portable library |
| Editors | Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2011 |
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