Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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... intellectual interests of society , has touched the highest levels both of thought and of expression . Emerson , Curtis , and Whipple were heard at many college festivals , as were many of their contemporaries who had secured reputation ...
... intellectual interests of society , has touched the highest levels both of thought and of expression . Emerson , Curtis , and Whipple were heard at many college festivals , as were many of their contemporaries who had secured reputation ...
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... Intellectual . We cannot look into ourselves without discovering the intellectual princi- ple , the power which thinks , reasons , and judges , the power of seeking and acquiring truth . This , indeed , we are in no danger of ...
... Intellectual . We cannot look into ourselves without discovering the intellectual princi- ple , the power which thinks , reasons , and judges , the power of seeking and acquiring truth . This , indeed , we are in no danger of ...
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... intellectual nature , we must put down the animal . Sensuality is the abyss in which very many souls are plunged and lost . Among the most prosperous classes , what a vast amount of intellectual life is drowned in luxurious excesses ...
... intellectual nature , we must put down the animal . Sensuality is the abyss in which very many souls are plunged and lost . Among the most prosperous classes , what a vast amount of intellectual life is drowned in luxurious excesses ...
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