Essays and remains, ed. with a mem. by R. Vaughan, Том 2 |
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... nature which makes one kindred of all times and countries . It would point out those common wants and common hopes which , under every superficial difference , are the foundations of man's nature , somewhat as science finds the ...
... nature which makes one kindred of all times and countries . It would point out those common wants and common hopes which , under every superficial difference , are the foundations of man's nature , somewhat as science finds the ...
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... nature . It would be the metaphysical ' Cosmos ' of the mysterious microcosm -man . As the botanist can trace the course of certain races of the human family by the presence of particular plants , which are only found where they have ...
... nature . It would be the metaphysical ' Cosmos ' of the mysterious microcosm -man . As the botanist can trace the course of certain races of the human family by the presence of particular plants , which are only found where they have ...
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... nature has marked out a course for itself . He is thought to have been even too oblivious , at times , of the smooth - shaven proprieties of the starched and white- neckclothed nicety of ecclesiastical conventionalism . In fact , he ...
... nature has marked out a course for itself . He is thought to have been even too oblivious , at times , of the smooth - shaven proprieties of the starched and white- neckclothed nicety of ecclesiastical conventionalism . In fact , he ...
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... nature not wholly alien yet from the fellow - feeling of fellow- sinners , in Cyril , in Eudæmon , in Miriam , —in the scheming prelate , in the frivolous and selfish sciolist , in the fierce and abandoned procuress . Even in the case ...
... nature not wholly alien yet from the fellow - feeling of fellow- sinners , in Cyril , in Eudæmon , in Miriam , —in the scheming prelate , in the frivolous and selfish sciolist , in the fierce and abandoned procuress . Even in the case ...
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... nature at the expense of the other , should find insufficient attraction in a religion which addresses the heart equally with the head , and is conspicuous for the absence of that onesidedness which is their especial pride . Such ...
... nature at the expense of the other , should find insufficient attraction in a religion which addresses the heart equally with the head , and is conspicuous for the absence of that onesidedness which is their especial pride . Such ...
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