Genius and Faith: Or, Poetry and Religion, in Their Mutual RelationsCharles Scribner, 1853 - 328 |
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... highest perfection . *** * * * * That critical discernment is not suffi- cient to make men poets , is generally allowed . Why it should keep them from becoming poets , is not perhaps equally evi- dent ; " & c . Answer - page 119 : " It ...
... highest perfection . *** * * * * That critical discernment is not suffi- cient to make men poets , is generally allowed . Why it should keep them from becoming poets , is not perhaps equally evi- dent ; " & c . Answer - page 119 : " It ...
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... highest perfection among children and savages ; for it is nothing more than superstition . But is this Poetry ? Is imagination identical with ignorance ? Is Poetry synonymous with superstition ? From the time of Rousseau onward , it has ...
... highest perfection among children and savages ; for it is nothing more than superstition . But is this Poetry ? Is imagination identical with ignorance ? Is Poetry synonymous with superstition ? From the time of Rousseau onward , it has ...
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... highest dignity . Wisdom , in its very nature , is humble . The sage is really but a child amid the immensity of nature , and before the majesty of God . All the knowledge that wisdom has acquired unites , to teach hu- mility , and ...
... highest dignity . Wisdom , in its very nature , is humble . The sage is really but a child amid the immensity of nature , and before the majesty of God . All the knowledge that wisdom has acquired unites , to teach hu- mility , and ...
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... highest order of genius . And whenever true genius thus degrades itself , its sunken attitude , its crippled march , its palsied form , its dim- med eye , its faded beauty , and departed strength , bear testi- mony to its fall , in the ...
... highest order of genius . And whenever true genius thus degrades itself , its sunken attitude , its crippled march , its palsied form , its dim- med eye , its faded beauty , and departed strength , bear testi- mony to its fall , in the ...
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... highest powers of our nature , until the character of gifted men , and the general character of society undergo an impor- tant transformation ; until genius recognizes its responsibility to a higher tribunal than that of the public ...
... highest powers of our nature , until the character of gifted men , and the general character of society undergo an impor- tant transformation ; until genius recognizes its responsibility to a higher tribunal than that of the public ...
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