American Literature Survey, Volume 2Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1962 - American literature |
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Page 266
... mind . But when the fact is seen under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are ...
... mind . But when the fact is seen under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are ...
Page 269
... mind is that of nature . Every day , the sun ; and , after the sunset , night and her stars . Ever the winds blow ; ever the grass grows . Every day , men and women , conversing , beholding and beholden . The scholar is he of all men ...
... mind is that of nature . Every day , the sun ; and , after the sunset , night and her stars . Ever the winds blow ; ever the grass grows . Every day , men and women , conversing , beholding and beholden . The scholar is he of all men ...
Page 270
... mind . Its laws are the laws of his own mind . Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments . So much of nature as he is ignorant of , so much of his own mind does he not yet possess . And , in fine , the ancient precept ...
... mind . Its laws are the laws of his own mind . Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments . So much of nature as he is ignorant of , so much of his own mind does he not yet possess . And , in fine , the ancient precept ...
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