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We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist , through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive . If we stand . still we shall be frozen to death . If we take the wrong road we ...
We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist , through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive . If we stand . still we shall be frozen to death . If we take the wrong road we ...
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They may even be drawn from observation in so - called " object - lessons ” if what is observed stands as an isolated thing ... Even general principles , when merely memorized , stand on the same level as bare particular facts .
They may even be drawn from observation in so - called " object - lessons ” if what is observed stands as an isolated thing ... Even general principles , when merely memorized , stand on the same level as bare particular facts .
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... It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of ... and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the ...
... It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of ... and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the ...
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Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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