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... idea were these : " The Christian adventure . " The phrase is indeed still popular , and for many reasons . As a vivid and some- times impatient protest against the half - heartedness with which many people have pursued their Christian ...
... idea were these : " The Christian adventure . " The phrase is indeed still popular , and for many reasons . As a vivid and some- times impatient protest against the half - heartedness with which many people have pursued their Christian ...
Page 170
... idea or to limn a picture before the mind . That the idea , the image , the figure of speech were all ready for the translator detracts almost not at all from the credit he deserves . Through these two - score words we have been made to ...
... idea or to limn a picture before the mind . That the idea , the image , the figure of speech were all ready for the translator detracts almost not at all from the credit he deserves . Through these two - score words we have been made to ...
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... idea is never brought , first to clear - cut realization , and after to adequate expression . It may indeed be said that an idea is not properly born into the world until it be clothed with the words which are so much its own that they ...
... idea is never brought , first to clear - cut realization , and after to adequate expression . It may indeed be said that an idea is not properly born into the world until it be clothed with the words which are so much its own that they ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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