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... person must go through the process of uniting them himself . No one can unify for another . To pronounce words , and think they will help the process , is folly , for they only distract . No vicarious thinking done by one will build up ...
... person must go through the process of uniting them himself . No one can unify for another . To pronounce words , and think they will help the process , is folly , for they only distract . No vicarious thinking done by one will build up ...
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... persons have the same thing to do , and one does it more easily and more quickly than the other , the shorter method is adopted as a guide or rule for doing that thing . A rule of action , then , like the material rule , is a guide or ...
... persons have the same thing to do , and one does it more easily and more quickly than the other , the shorter method is adopted as a guide or rule for doing that thing . A rule of action , then , like the material rule , is a guide or ...
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... person could gain much knowledge if he depended on experience alone . Experience is said to be a good teacher , but a dear one . It is dear in this respect , that the cost in time and energy required to learn a few facts individually ...
... person could gain much knowledge if he depended on experience alone . Experience is said to be a good teacher , but a dear one . It is dear in this respect , that the cost in time and energy required to learn a few facts individually ...
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... person , to represent I or self , and Non - Ego designates any thing that is not self . Subject represents the mind as exercising some power of knowing , feeling , or willing , and the power or activity is said to be subjective with re ...
... person , to represent I or self , and Non - Ego designates any thing that is not self . Subject represents the mind as exercising some power of knowing , feeling , or willing , and the power or activity is said to be subjective with re ...
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... person is Educated . In common language it often applies to the knowledge , power , or skill which a person has gained . 2. If we will duly consider the different views which different persons take of the same subject , we must con ...
... person is Educated . In common language it often applies to the knowledge , power , or skill which a person has gained . 2. If we will duly consider the different views which different persons take of the same subject , we must con ...
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Page 86 - Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
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