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Page xiii
... through life of a highly sensitive man — a man of high intelligence also to whom life brought revelations about himself , his ambitions , and his cause . - ― - An abstract study of his ideas , therefore , would xiii INTRODUCTION.
... through life of a highly sensitive man — a man of high intelligence also to whom life brought revelations about himself , his ambitions , and his cause . - ― - An abstract study of his ideas , therefore , would xiii INTRODUCTION.
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... Cause . Great as he felt him- self to be , he never forgot that he was first of all a great Servant . Hence a noble humility in his pride . He could sacrifice himself : to a Cause , he sacrificed at one time all his literary ambition ...
... Cause . Great as he felt him- self to be , he never forgot that he was first of all a great Servant . Hence a noble humility in his pride . He could sacrifice himself : to a Cause , he sacrificed at one time all his literary ambition ...
Page xvii
... cause it does not separate Milton from his fellow - men , but rather unites him to them in sublime aspiration towards an ideal common to all mankind . Milton's thought comes from all these elements . The distinction between feeling and ...
... cause it does not separate Milton from his fellow - men , but rather unites him to them in sublime aspiration towards an ideal common to all mankind . Milton's thought comes from all these elements . The distinction between feeling and ...
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... cause it embodied his favourite virtues of fortitude and temperance , but also because it was the only organized force in that age which , by overthrowing the old order , would offer a chance for the realization of his ideals .. The ...
... cause it embodied his favourite virtues of fortitude and temperance , but also because it was the only organized force in that age which , by overthrowing the old order , would offer a chance for the realization of his ideals .. The ...
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... cause was lost ; and we do not know that good harmony was ever broken among the three men . All this confirms the hypothesis that what was the matter with this family was not fanaticism , but the need for personal independ- ence . When ...
... cause was lost ; and we do not know that good harmony was ever broken among the three men . All this confirms the hypothesis that what was the matter with this family was not fanaticism , but the need for personal independ- ence . When ...
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