Philosophical Studies, Volumes 8-11J. Murphy, 1915 |
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... critic can pass judgment on works of art , literary or other- wise , to any great extent , without writing sentence after sentence which indirectly at least points to the standard fixed in his mind . Of course , such statements , being ...
... critic can pass judgment on works of art , literary or other- wise , to any great extent , without writing sentence after sentence which indirectly at least points to the standard fixed in his mind . Of course , such statements , being ...
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... critic if he wishes to arrive at an adequate judgment concerning any piece of writing . Literature therefore should not be considered apart from its surroundings . It should never be sought for its own sake ( xix 208 ) ; in fact , not ...
... critic if he wishes to arrive at an adequate judgment concerning any piece of writing . Literature therefore should not be considered apart from its surroundings . It should never be sought for its own sake ( xix 208 ) ; in fact , not ...
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... critic . ' Facts are never to be feared ' in themselves , and the theory of the his- torian should always remain ' within the order of facts , ' should be merely a theory according to which the facts are explained and arranged ( xix 383 ...
... critic . ' Facts are never to be feared ' in themselves , and the theory of the his- torian should always remain ' within the order of facts , ' should be merely a theory according to which the facts are explained and arranged ( xix 383 ...
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... critic satisfies his obligation by reverting only to the former and ignoring the latter . Brownson himself ' cannot understand literature for its own sake , or say much of the form of a literary work without reference to its contents ...
... critic satisfies his obligation by reverting only to the former and ignoring the latter . Brownson himself ' cannot understand literature for its own sake , or say much of the form of a literary work without reference to its contents ...
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... critic should have to form his judgment . It was from this standpoint of the critic that Brownson made all his statements , and tried to apply his standard . His initial error was that he did not recognize the negative nature of the ...
... critic should have to form his judgment . It was from this standpoint of the critic that Brownson made all his statements , and tried to apply his standard . His initial error was that he did not recognize the negative nature of the ...
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Page 180 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 190 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his...
Page 186 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...
Page 192 - That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.
Page 93 - Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
Page 11 - ... for men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker, all the servants of one sovereign Master, sent into the world by His order and about His business, they are His property, whose workmanship they are, made to last during His, not one another's pleasure.
Page 44 - For all power given with trust for the attaining an end being limited by that end, whenever that end is manifestly neglected or opposed, the trust must necessarily be forfeited, and the power devolve into the hands of those that gave it, who may place it anew where they shall think best for their safety and security.
Page 185 - ... of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.
Page 208 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 195 - That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state...