The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... morality is higher than that of average humanity , and perhaps as high as is easily practicable in a workaday world . But the framer of such maxims could never have felt that awe of the moral law within which Kant coupled with the awe ...
... morality is higher than that of average humanity , and perhaps as high as is easily practicable in a workaday world . But the framer of such maxims could never have felt that awe of the moral law within which Kant coupled with the awe ...
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... moral and political , so may Jonson's notes be classed as mainly moral and critical . In the sphere of morals Swinburne's preference for him as against Bacon may be justified . There is a fervour and generosity in Jonson which cannot be ...
... moral and political , so may Jonson's notes be classed as mainly moral and critical . In the sphere of morals Swinburne's preference for him as against Bacon may be justified . There is a fervour and generosity in Jonson which cannot be ...
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... moral teacher . It was impossible , he thought , to turn from the noble characters drawn by him without strong impressions of honour and humanity . " Distress is laid before us with all its causes and consequences , and our resentment ...
... moral teacher . It was impossible , he thought , to turn from the noble characters drawn by him without strong impressions of honour and humanity . " Distress is laid before us with all its causes and consequences , and our resentment ...
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