Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... divine ease in doing the most difficult things , is the exclusive property of the man of genius , and is his only in his most fortunate hours . No man can command this consummate bloom on human speech ; it lies on his work as it lies on ...
... divine ease in doing the most difficult things , is the exclusive property of the man of genius , and is his only in his most fortunate hours . No man can command this consummate bloom on human speech ; it lies on his work as it lies on ...
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... divine and imperishable in the mind of man - something which allies him with the creative energy , and permits him to share it . The fact that he is sometimes unworthy of this high disclosure of the ultimate beauty , and sometimes ...
... divine and imperishable in the mind of man - something which allies him with the creative energy , and permits him to share it . The fact that he is sometimes unworthy of this high disclosure of the ultimate beauty , and sometimes ...
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... divine order in the world with the aris- tocracy of arbitrary and artificial origin . So long as the saints shine in their righteousness it will be idle to attempt to conceal their superiority ; in the order of the spiritual life the ...
... divine order in the world with the aris- tocracy of arbitrary and artificial origin . So long as the saints shine in their righteousness it will be idle to attempt to conceal their superiority ; in the order of the spiritual life the ...
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... divine and human laws . I have now given utterance to a part , and to a part only , of the recollections and anticipations of which , on this solemn occasion , my mind is full . I again thank you for the honor which you have bestowed on ...
... divine and human laws . I have now given utterance to a part , and to a part only , of the recollections and anticipations of which , on this solemn occasion , my mind is full . I again thank you for the honor which you have bestowed on ...
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... divine . But if you keep in mind when looking at it the facts of Raphael's childhood , you will recognize in his father's picture , not the anticipated sorrow of the " Mater Dolorosa " over the dead son , but the grief of a simple ...
... divine . But if you keep in mind when looking at it the facts of Raphael's childhood , you will recognize in his father's picture , not the anticipated sorrow of the " Mater Dolorosa " over the dead son , but the grief of a simple ...
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