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Philosophy and faith . — Some poems have the characteristics of music . — “
Break , break , break ! ” — The great pulpit question . - The combination of the
intellectual and the spiritual in preaching very rare . — An argument with a
missing link ...
Philosophy and faith . — Some poems have the characteristics of music . — “
Break , break , break ! ” — The great pulpit question . - The combination of the
intellectual and the spiritual in preaching very rare . — An argument with a
missing link ...
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Alexander Smith in one of those charming essays on which , I think , his fame will
ultimately rest , asks , “ Who remembers the sunsets of last year ? " If Smith had
known Pelican , this question would never have been put . He remembered them
...
Alexander Smith in one of those charming essays on which , I think , his fame will
ultimately rest , asks , “ Who remembers the sunsets of last year ? " If Smith had
known Pelican , this question would never have been put . He remembered them
...
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On this question of the final triumph of God the reader is likely , nay , almost
certain , to hear something more before reaching the end of this volume . During
the second winter of our acquaintance I began . to make a sort of Boswell of
myself ...
On this question of the final triumph of God the reader is likely , nay , almost
certain , to hear something more before reaching the end of this volume . During
the second winter of our acquaintance I began . to make a sort of Boswell of
myself ...
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The characteristics of great works of art are diffused among a number of smaller
ones ; for in art , as in everything else , there is a division of labour . The question
whether this is an advantage or the reverse is not so easy 94 The Pelican Papers
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The characteristics of great works of art are diffused among a number of smaller
ones ; for in art , as in everything else , there is a division of labour . The question
whether this is an advantage or the reverse is not so easy 94 The Pelican Papers
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It seems to follow from this that a man ' s opinion on any party question , so called
, gives no clue to his true position . Take , for example , the question of the
extension of the franchise . The measures for obtaining it were supposed to be
the ...
It seems to follow from this that a man ' s opinion on any party question , so called
, gives no clue to his true position . Take , for example , the question of the
extension of the franchise . The measures for obtaining it were supposed to be
the ...
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