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... genius , or an inspired liter- ature . The highest distinction they could possibly attain to , would be the ... genius . Genius is but an intellectual faith . It looks round on the world and life , and beholds not a limit , in some sense ...
... genius , or an inspired liter- ature . The highest distinction they could possibly attain to , would be the ... genius . Genius is but an intellectual faith . It looks round on the world and life , and beholds not a limit , in some sense ...
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... Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over - influence . The literature of every nation bears me witness . The English dramatic poets have Shakespearized now for two hundred years . Undoubtedly there is a right way of ...
... Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over - influence . The literature of every nation bears me witness . The English dramatic poets have Shakespearized now for two hundred years . Undoubtedly there is a right way of ...
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... genius of the ancients . - There is one man of genius who has done much for this phi- losophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; I mean Emanuel Swedenborg . The most imagi- native of men , yet writing ...
... genius of the ancients . - There is one man of genius who has done much for this phi- losophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; I mean Emanuel Swedenborg . The most imagi- native of men , yet writing ...
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HORACE BUSHNELL The True Wealth or Weal of Nations | 1 |
JOB DURFEE The Influence of Scientific Discovery and | 43 |
ANDREW PRESTON PEABODY The Connection between | 76 |
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