Genius and Faith: Or, Poetry and Religion, in Their Mutual RelationsCharles Scribner, 1853 - 328 |
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... human genius . The subject naturally divides itself into two branches ; and in its discussion , the misconceptions and prejudices of two distinct classes of men are encountered . The first branch of the subject consists in a vindication ...
... human genius . The subject naturally divides itself into two branches ; and in its discussion , the misconceptions and prejudices of two distinct classes of men are encountered . The first branch of the subject consists in a vindication ...
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... human caprice and fashion . Nor is it superseded by the progressive discoveries and improvements in society . There is a fixed and uniform law arising from the very constitution of our nature , by which certain kinds of emotion are ...
... human caprice and fashion . Nor is it superseded by the progressive discoveries and improvements in society . There is a fixed and uniform law arising from the very constitution of our nature , by which certain kinds of emotion are ...
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... human life and surrounding nature an entire desert . It is a low , blind and narrow utilitarianism , which fixes its sordid eye only on secular and material interests , —that would exclude poetry from the sphere of truth , and reason ...
... human life and surrounding nature an entire desert . It is a low , blind and narrow utilitarianism , which fixes its sordid eye only on secular and material interests , —that would exclude poetry from the sphere of truth , and reason ...
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... human mind , conferred by its Cre- ator . They are established modes of the mind's operation . it may sleep , and mad- And is not rea- We answer , by They are secret laws which govern the moving element of 22 GENIUS AND FAITH ;
... human mind , conferred by its Cre- ator . They are established modes of the mind's operation . it may sleep , and mad- And is not rea- We answer , by They are secret laws which govern the moving element of 22 GENIUS AND FAITH ;
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... human mind at will , and bids imagina- tion assume the garb of an angel of light , and reason move with philosophic gravity , while both obey his diabolical man- date ! Men have been the dupes of reason , as well as of im- agination ...
... human mind at will , and bids imagina- tion assume the garb of an angel of light , and reason move with philosophic gravity , while both obey his diabolical man- date ! Men have been the dupes of reason , as well as of im- agination ...
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