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... of duty rather than of affec- tion . As regards Lavater , he was , with all his os- tentatious spirituality , a good deal of a charlatan , ļ even so much so as to justify Goethe's epigram in THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 23.
... of duty rather than of affec- tion . As regards Lavater , he was , with all his os- tentatious spirituality , a good deal of a charlatan , ļ even so much so as to justify Goethe's epigram in THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 23.
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... regard to it are not exorbitant , " etc. To begin in this style an essay on the greatest poet of the century , the most splendidly equipped in- tellect of modern times , if not of all times , strikes one to - day as almost comical . But ...
... regard to it are not exorbitant , " etc. To begin in this style an essay on the greatest poet of the century , the most splendidly equipped in- tellect of modern times , if not of all times , strikes one to - day as almost comical . But ...
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... regard himself as the crown of creation and to view all other creatures only in their relation to himself and in so far as they are adapted to his use and service . He takes possession of the vegetable and animal world , and while he ...
... regard himself as the crown of creation and to view all other creatures only in their relation to himself and in so far as they are adapted to his use and service . He takes possession of the vegetable and animal world , and while he ...
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... regards suffering , not as mere discord , but as a purifying and ennobling discipline , it could never be the re- ligion of Goethe . It did not appeal to any deep need of his nature ; and therefore could not be val- ued at its supreme ...
... regards suffering , not as mere discord , but as a purifying and ennobling discipline , it could never be the re- ligion of Goethe . It did not appeal to any deep need of his nature ; and therefore could not be val- ued at its supreme ...
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... regards this as a limitation . To the apostle of sweetness and light , Goethe's secularism , not to say his pagan- ism , was highly congenial and in accord with his own philosophy , while to the author of " Essays , Theological and ...
... regards this as a limitation . To the apostle of sweetness and light , Goethe's secularism , not to say his pagan- ism , was highly congenial and in accord with his own philosophy , while to the author of " Essays , Theological and ...
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Page 137 - But delay was best, For their end was a crime." — Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve for a .test, As a virtue golden through and through, Sufficient to vindicate itself And prove its worth at a moment's view!
Page 78 - Undoubtedly we have,' replied the Eldest. ' Of this we make no secret ; but we draw a veil over those sufferings, even because we reverence them so highly. We hold it a damnable audacity to bring forth that torturing Cross, and the Holy One who suffers on it, or to expose them to the light of the Sun, which hid its face when a reckless world forced such a sight on it ; to take these mysterious secrets, in which the divine depth of Sorrow lies hid, and play with them, fondle them, trick them out,...
Page 51 - How could I take up arms without hatred, and how could I hate without youth? If such an emergency had befallen me when twenty years old, I should certainly not have been the last; but it found me as one who had already passed the first sixties.
Page 53 - I soon shall ready be To pierce the ether's high, unknown dominions, To reach new spheres of pure activity ! This godlike rapture, this supreme existence, Do I, but now a worm, deserve to track ? Yes, resolute to reach some brighter distance, On Earth's fair sun I turn my...
Page 78 - Permit me one question," said Wilhelm : " as you have set up the life of this divine Man for a pattern and example, have you likewise selected his sufferings, his death, as a model of exalted patience ?" " Undoubtedly we have,
Page 118 - PEACE breathes along the shade Of every hill, The tree-tops of the glade Are hushed and still ; All woodland murmurs cease, The birds to rest within the brake are gone.