From Wordsworth to SpenderPaul Robert Lieder Houghton Mifflin, 1950 Readings representative of major British authors. For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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Page 420
... truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation . Complete liberty of contradict- ing and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action ; and on no other terms can a ...
... truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation . Complete liberty of contradict- ing and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action ; and on no other terms can a ...
Page 423
... truth usually sets while another rises . Even progress , which ought to super- add , for the most part only substitutes , one partial and incomplete truth for another ; im- provement consisting chiefly in this , that the 5 new fragment of ...
... truth usually sets while another rises . Even progress , which ought to super- add , for the most part only substitutes , one partial and incomplete truth for another ; im- provement consisting chiefly in this , that the 5 new fragment of ...
Page 595
... truth and the highest culture are out of the question . So immersed are they in practical life , so accustomed to take all their notions from this life and its processes , that they are apt to think that truth and culture themselves can ...
... truth and the highest culture are out of the question . So immersed are they in practical life , so accustomed to take all their notions from this life and its processes , that they are apt to think that truth and culture themselves can ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH | 14 |
nary Splendor and Beauty | 60 |
Copyright | |
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