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Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There read more
Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There lies the Land of Song; there
lies the poet's native land.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely
urging the manufacture.
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and read more
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to
forgo their use.
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, read more
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the
mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into
every individual.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.