Short Studies on Great Subjects, Volum 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... lose the uncertainty which gives life its purpose and its interest . The pleasure of existence depends upon its anxieties , and if we are indeed but the automata spiritualia which Leibnitz defines us to III . B ANNALS OF AN ENGLISH ABBEY.
... lose the uncertainty which gives life its purpose and its interest . The pleasure of existence depends upon its anxieties , and if we are indeed but the automata spiritualia which Leibnitz defines us to III . B ANNALS OF AN ENGLISH ABBEY.
Pàgina 4
... interest in the fictitious world of novel - writers , which reality denies us in our own . On these terms the better sort of men and women find existence grow tedious . So long as they are obliged to work they are in contact with facts ...
... interest in the fictitious world of novel - writers , which reality denies us in our own . On these terms the better sort of men and women find existence grow tedious . So long as they are obliged to work they are in contact with facts ...
Pàgina 11
... interests and ambitions , and had determined to spend their lives in devotional exercises , in attending the poor and sick , in meditation and interces- sory prayer . In this conception , the monasteries were to be ever - burning lamps ...
... interests and ambitions , and had determined to spend their lives in devotional exercises , in attending the poor and sick , in meditation and interces- sory prayer . In this conception , the monasteries were to be ever - burning lamps ...
Pàgina 43
... interest , large powers fall naturally to men of high ability and lofty character . Society is only healthy when the laws are obeyed under which harmonious action is possible . Such laws can only be discerned by intellect ; they can ...
... interest , large powers fall naturally to men of high ability and lofty character . Society is only healthy when the laws are obeyed under which harmonious action is possible . Such laws can only be discerned by intellect ; they can ...
Pàgina 44
... interests of all . Power brings temptation . Rulers are betrayed by selfishness . Their high functions are abused to fill the pockets of themselves and their friends . Authority becomes legalised oppres- sion , and the multitude ...
... interests of all . Power brings temptation . Rulers are betrayed by selfishness . Their high functions are abused to fill the pockets of themselves and their friends . Authority becomes legalised oppres- sion , and the multitude ...
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