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For instance , we must be sure we know what he intends when he ' opposes ' reason to emotion , and what he means by ' essential logic ' . But the passage will be found to bear much pondering , and it raises radical issues with the ...
For instance , we must be sure we know what he intends when he ' opposes ' reason to emotion , and what he means by ' essential logic ' . But the passage will be found to bear much pondering , and it raises radical issues with the ...
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To be furious Is to be frighted out of fear ; and in that mood The dove will peck the estridge ; and I see still , A diminution in our captain's brain Restores his heart : when valour preys on reason , It eats the sword it fights with .
To be furious Is to be frighted out of fear ; and in that mood The dove will peck the estridge ; and I see still , A diminution in our captain's brain Restores his heart : when valour preys on reason , It eats the sword it fights with .
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THOMAS CARLYLE ( b ) From A Cypresse Grove If on the great theatre of this earth , amongst the numberless number of men , to die were only proper to thee and thine , then , undoubtedly , thou hadst reason to grudge at so severe and ...
THOMAS CARLYLE ( b ) From A Cypresse Grove If on the great theatre of this earth , amongst the numberless number of men , to die were only proper to thee and thine , then , undoubtedly , thou hadst reason to grudge at so severe and ...
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| Title | Literature and Criticism A Pelican book |
| Author | H. Coombes |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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