On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental distinction among mankind |
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... ; even the light in which an object is seen , or the direction in which a sound is heard , may mar the equality at once ; not to mention the dissimilarity of ideas existing in the mind of each , when any new truth is 16.
... ; even the light in which an object is seen , or the direction in which a sound is heard , may mar the equality at once ; not to mention the dissimilarity of ideas existing in the mind of each , when any new truth is 16.
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... mentions the case of one Harris , that could only distinguish " black and white ; " and he had two brothers almost equally defective ; one of whom always mistook " orange for green . " Per- haps the eyes of the whole family were ...
... mentions the case of one Harris , that could only distinguish " black and white ; " and he had two brothers almost equally defective ; one of whom always mistook " orange for green . " Per- haps the eyes of the whole family were ...
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... the Musician , who hears nothing but discords in music , where an untutored ear is sensible of nothing but harmony . Or , to mention more homely examples , how accurately will a Farmer pronounce upon the weight of an ox , or the 44.
... the Musician , who hears nothing but discords in music , where an untutored ear is sensible of nothing but harmony . Or , to mention more homely examples , how accurately will a Farmer pronounce upon the weight of an ox , or the 44.
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... mention , that the parallel lines of micrometers , are sometimes drawn within the ten thousandth part of an inch of each other * ; and of the correctness of this parallelism , the eye is required to judge ! whilst to a practised touch ...
... mention , that the parallel lines of micrometers , are sometimes drawn within the ten thousandth part of an inch of each other * ; and of the correctness of this parallelism , the eye is required to judge ! whilst to a practised touch ...
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... mention the simultaneous appearance of Geniuses at certain periods of the world , and the moral excitements assigned by Montesquieu , as its efficient cause . All of which , like every instance to which we have adverted , is plain and ...
... mention the simultaneous appearance of Geniuses at certain periods of the world , and the moral excitements assigned by Montesquieu , as its efficient cause . All of which , like every instance to which we have adverted , is plain and ...
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Page 48 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 70 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 9 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Page 8 - Among great geniuses, those few draw the admiration of all the world upon them, and stand up as the prodigies of mankind, who, by the mere strength of natural parts, and without any assistance of art or learning, have produced works that were the delight of their own times, and the wonder of posterity.
Page 33 - A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing, affirming, denying, consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance with the qualities and laws of matter ; and therefore it is impossible that the study of matter can avail me aught in the study of myself.
Page 47 - Emerged, he sat, and mourn'd his Argives slain. At Jove incensed, with grief and fury stung, Prone down the rocky steep he rush'd along ; Fierce as he pass'd, the lofty mountains nod, The forest shakes ; earth trembled as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of the immortal god.
Page 10 - Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare, poe'tam natura ipsa valere et mentis viribus excitari et quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari.
Page 31 - The Sphinx, the famous monster born of Chimaera, and having the head of a woman, the wings of a bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle, " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who should solve it, and so free the land of the uncomfortable...