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... highest kind of scientific discovery is achieved by thought of the same order as that by which the highest poetic discovery is achieved . Suddenly , and often without the man of science being aware of it , his assumption changes : he ...
... highest kind of scientific discovery is achieved by thought of the same order as that by which the highest poetic discovery is achieved . Suddenly , and often without the man of science being aware of it , his assumption changes : he ...
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... highest life - con- ception ' of which they were capable . They embarked on the search for a higher one . It is strange that Tolstoy , the artist , should not have recognized the nature of the effort and the achievement of the greatest ...
... highest life - con- ception ' of which they were capable . They embarked on the search for a higher one . It is strange that Tolstoy , the artist , should not have recognized the nature of the effort and the achievement of the greatest ...
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... highest life - conception of which Western humanity has so far proved itself capable . And that is precisely the claim which , I believe , can be made for the highest achievements of post - Renais- sance art . In these man faces ...
... highest life - conception of which Western humanity has so far proved itself capable . And that is precisely the claim which , I believe , can be made for the highest achievements of post - Renais- sance art . In these man faces ...
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