Works, Volume 11Aldine Book Publishing Company, 1887 |
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Page 152
... Observe also , that , in the definition proposed , I shall only endeavor to analyze the idea which I suppose already to exist in the reader's mind . We all have some notion , most of us a very determined one , of the meaning of the term ...
... Observe also , that , in the definition proposed , I shall only endeavor to analyze the idea which I suppose already to exist in the reader's mind . We all have some notion , most of us a very determined one , of the meaning of the term ...
Page 153
... observe : the chemist defines his mineral by two separate kinds of character ; one external , its crystalline form , hardness , lustre , & c .; the other internal , the proportions and nature of its constituent atoms . Exactly in the ...
... observe : the chemist defines his mineral by two separate kinds of character ; one external , its crystalline form , hardness , lustre , & c .; the other internal , the proportions and nature of its constituent atoms . Exactly in the ...
Page 161
... observe , you are put to stern choice in this matter . You must either made a tool of the creature , or a man of him . You cannot make both . Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools , to be precise and perfect in all ...
... observe , you are put to stern choice in this matter . You must either made a tool of the creature , or a man of him . You cannot make both . Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools , to be precise and perfect in all ...
Page 167
... observe , I have only dwelt upon the rudeness of Gothic , or any other kind of imperfectness , as admirable , where it was impossible to get design or thought without it . If you are to have the thought of a rough and untaught man , you ...
... observe , I have only dwelt upon the rudeness of Gothic , or any other kind of imperfectness , as admirable , where it was impossible to get design or thought without it . If you are to have the thought of a rough and untaught man , you ...
Page 180
... observe what they are : the confession of Imperfection and the confession of Desire of Change . The building of the bird and the bee needs not express anything like this . It is perfect and unchanging . But just because we are something ...
... observe what they are : the confession of Imperfection and the confession of Desire of Change . The building of the bird and the bee needs not express anything like this . It is perfect and unchanging . But just because we are something ...
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