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... idea is not irrelevant . But the voices of madmen , even in their wildest paroxysms , are never found to tally with that peculiar voice heard upon the stairs . Mad- men are of some nation , and their language , however incoherent in its ...
... idea is not irrelevant . But the voices of madmen , even in their wildest paroxysms , are never found to tally with that peculiar voice heard upon the stairs . Mad- men are of some nation , and their language , however incoherent in its ...
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... idea - the idea of the Beauti- ful the artificialitics of this rhythm are an inseparable bar to the development of all points of thought or expression which have their basis in Truth . But Truth is often , and in very great degree , the ...
... idea - the idea of the Beauti- ful the artificialitics of this rhythm are an inseparable bar to the development of all points of thought or expression which have their basis in Truth . But Truth is often , and in very great degree , the ...
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... idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , there- fore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and ...
... idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , there- fore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and ...
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