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... beauty of some of its myths , and saw that they were sufficiently plastic to receive his teaching . In his adaptation he has impressed them with the imagination , and with the enthusiasm and rev- erence for truth which are exhibited in ...
... beauty of some of its myths , and saw that they were sufficiently plastic to receive his teaching . In his adaptation he has impressed them with the imagination , and with the enthusiasm and rev- erence for truth which are exhibited in ...
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... beauty , wisdom , goodness , and the like ; and by these the wing of the soul is nourished , and grows apace ; Zeus , the mighty lord holding the reins of a winged chariot , leads the way in heaven , order- ing all and caring for all ...
... beauty , wisdom , goodness , and the like ; and by these the wing of the soul is nourished , and grows apace ; Zeus , the mighty lord holding the reins of a winged chariot , leads the way in heaven , order- ing all and caring for all ...
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... beauty has fallen upon it from the infinite beauty of the new faith in the service of which it has been estab- lished , and those who reared the column have given it the tenderness , the strength , and the repose of their religion . Let ...
... beauty has fallen upon it from the infinite beauty of the new faith in the service of which it has been estab- lished , and those who reared the column have given it the tenderness , the strength , and the repose of their religion . Let ...
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... beauty of the natural world to men . Every work of art which maintains a strong and permanent influence over men contains some element which brings it in touch with humanity . However divine the truth which the artist feels , however ...
... beauty of the natural world to men . Every work of art which maintains a strong and permanent influence over men contains some element which brings it in touch with humanity . However divine the truth which the artist feels , however ...
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... beauty . ' It is Ovid's story of Narcissus and his love for the face that he saw reflected in the water of a spring , except that Eve is put for Narcissus . Milton , as usual , follows many of the details of his original , but by a ...
... beauty . ' It is Ovid's story of Narcissus and his love for the face that he saw reflected in the water of a spring , except that Eve is put for Narcissus . Milton , as usual , follows many of the details of his original , but by a ...
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