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But this origin of all words that convey a spiritual import , -SO conspicuous a fact in the history of language , —is our least debt to nature . It is not words only that are emblematic ; it is things which arc emblematic .
But this origin of all words that convey a spiritual import , -SO conspicuous a fact in the history of language , —is our least debt to nature . It is not words only that are emblematic ; it is things which arc emblematic .
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We make fables to hide the baldness of the fact and conform it , as we say , to the higher law of the 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 .
We make fables to hide the baldness of the fact and conform it , as we say , to the higher law of the 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 .
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The fact that we get no votes in your section is a fact of your making , and not of ours . And if there be fault in that fact , that fault is primarily yours , and remains so until you show that we repel you by some wrong principle or ...
The fact that we get no votes in your section is a fact of your making , and not of ours . And if there be fault in that fact , that fault is primarily yours , and remains so until you show that we repel you by some wrong principle or ...
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Contents
The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 The American Tradition in Literature, Sculley Bradley |
| Editor | Sculley Bradley |
| Publisher | Norton, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1575 pages |
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