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Page 43
... higher moments , the need of traversing a subtler ele- ment , of a winged existence . Artists have recognised wings as the symbol of the state next above ours ; but they have not been able so to attach them to the forms of gods and ...
... higher moments , the need of traversing a subtler ele- ment , of a winged existence . Artists have recognised wings as the symbol of the state next above ours ; but they have not been able so to attach them to the forms of gods and ...
Page 50
... higher offices of music , but that they had been fulfilled to him is evident in the whole texture of his mind and his page . The organ was his instrument , and there is not a strain of its peculiar music that may not somewhere be traced ...
... higher offices of music , but that they had been fulfilled to him is evident in the whole texture of his mind and his page . The organ was his instrument , and there is not a strain of its peculiar music that may not somewhere be traced ...
Page 58
... grateful to the latter , whose labours are more easily appre- ciated by their contemporaries ; while the other , smaller class , really comprises intellects of the higher order , gifted with 58 PAPERS ON LITERATURE AND ART .
... grateful to the latter , whose labours are more easily appre- ciated by their contemporaries ; while the other , smaller class , really comprises intellects of the higher order , gifted with 58 PAPERS ON LITERATURE AND ART .
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Margaret Fuller Arthur Buckminister Fuller. really comprises intellects of the higher order , gifted with a rapidity and fertility of conception too great to be wholly brought out in the compass of a short human life . As their heirs and ...
Margaret Fuller Arthur Buckminister Fuller. really comprises intellects of the higher order , gifted with a rapidity and fertility of conception too great to be wholly brought out in the compass of a short human life . As their heirs and ...
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... higher kinds of writing . The butterfly is no less active than the eagle ; his wings of gauze move not less swiftly than those stronger pinions , he loses no moment , but visits every flower in the garden , and exults in the sunlight ...
... higher kinds of writing . The butterfly is no less active than the eagle ; his wings of gauze move not less swiftly than those stronger pinions , he loses no moment , but visits every flower in the garden , and exults in the sunlight ...
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