Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton & Company, 1873 - 744 páginas |
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... Truth , indeed , is essential to poetry ; but it is the truth of madness . The reasonings are just ; but the premises are false . After the first suppositions have been made , every thing ought to be consistent ; but those first ...
... Truth , indeed , is essential to poetry ; but it is the truth of madness . The reasonings are just ; but the premises are false . After the first suppositions have been made , every thing ought to be consistent ; but those first ...
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... truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinion subsides . Hostile theorics correct ...
... truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinion subsides . Hostile theorics correct ...
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... truth in the transactions of life , he was honestly devoted to the pursuit of truth in the researches of speculation . Wanton cru- elty was not in his nature . On the contrary , where no political object was at stake , his dis- In this ...
... truth in the transactions of life , he was honestly devoted to the pursuit of truth in the researches of speculation . Wanton cru- elty was not in his nature . On the contrary , where no political object was at stake , his dis- In this ...
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... truth , Livy is not a historian on whom much reliance can be placed , even in cases where he must have possessed consider- able means of information . And his first De- cade , to which Machiavelli has confined him- self , is scarcely ...
... truth , Livy is not a historian on whom much reliance can be placed , even in cases where he must have possessed consider- able means of information . And his first De- cade , to which Machiavelli has confined him- self , is scarcely ...
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... truth is discovered by the highest minds a little before it becomes mani- fest to the multitude . This is the extent of their superiority . They are the first to catch and reflect a light , which , without their assist- ance , must , in ...
... truth is discovered by the highest minds a little before it becomes mani- fest to the multitude . This is the extent of their superiority . They are the first to catch and reflect a light , which , without their assist- ance , must , in ...
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