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" A world from which solitude is extirpated, is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character ; and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thoughts... "
Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social ... - Page 457
by John Stuart Mill - 1875 - 591 pages
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 72-73

1870 - 726 pages
...exquisite skill and truth. " Solitude," says John Stuart Mill, in his work on Political Economy, " in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation* or of character," of this apparently the Cardinal and his colleagues were fully aware — Lothair must be left no time...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64

1848 - 802 pages
...times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is а тегу poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone,...individual, but which society could ill do without. Nor 4e there much satisfaction in contemplating the world, with nothing left to the spontaneous activity...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64

1848 - 798 pages
...all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude ia extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone,...character ; and solitude, in the presence of natural beanty and grandenr, is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations which are not only good for the individual,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64

1848 - 806 pages
...all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone,...depth of meditation or of character ; and solitude, ia the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations which are...
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Knowledge for the Time: A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on ...

John Timbs - 1864 - 338 pages
...all times in the presence of his species. A world .from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone,...ill do without. Nor is there much satisfaction in cuntemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous activity of naton» with every rood of...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 50

1886 - 924 pages
...Stuart Mill, in his " Principles of Economy," (book iv. chap. vi.). " Solitude, in the sense of being alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or...which society could ill do without. Nor is there," he adds, " much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous activity...
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Inductive Inquiries in Physiology, Ethics, and Ethnology

A. H. Dana - 1873 - 320 pages
...raiim-iit. It is nut good for man to bo kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. * * Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character."—Polit. Econ., b. 4, o. 6. property, and of their descendants. Little opportunity will...
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Irish Monthly, Volume 43

1915 - 826 pages
...is doubtless well to go aside at times to cherish one's own soul. Solitude, says John Stuart Mill, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to...character ; and solitude in the presence of natural beauty or grandeur is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but...
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Sutta Nipáta: Or, Dialogues and Discourses of Gotama Buddha

1874 - 210 pages
...Zimmermann's ideas on the advantages of solitude have been here anticipated. John Stuart Mill too says, " Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or character." 2. Supreme Buddhas, and Pachcheka, or secondary Buddhas. — The latter, though they had...
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The Great Land Question: Being a Verbatim Transcript of the Correspondence ...

Christopher Cavanagh - 1875 - 240 pages
...advantages both of cooperation and social intercourse has, in all the most populous countries, been attained Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential...individual but which society could ill do without Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil...
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