DegenerationD. Appleton, 1895 - 566 pages |
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... clearly seen that I had in my eye only the upper ten thousand . The peasant population , and a part of the working classes and the bourgeoisie , are sound . I assert only the decay of the rich inhabitants of great cities and the leading ...
... clearly seen that I had in my eye only the upper ten thousand . The peasant population , and a part of the working classes and the bourgeoisie , are sound . I assert only the decay of the rich inhabitants of great cities and the leading ...
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... clearly grasped and formulated by Morel . In his principal work- often quoted , but , unfortunately , not sufficiently read * —the following definition of what he wishes to be understood by ' degeneracy ' is given by this distinguished ...
... clearly grasped and formulated by Morel . In his principal work- often quoted , but , unfortunately , not sufficiently read * —the following definition of what he wishes to be understood by ' degeneracy ' is given by this distinguished ...
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... clearly , we think , than mystical delirium , or , when the malady has not reached this point , the being constantly occupied with mystical and religious questions , an exaggerated piety , etc. ' I will not here multiply evidence and ...
... clearly , we think , than mystical delirium , or , when the malady has not reached this point , the being constantly occupied with mystical and religious questions , an exaggerated piety , etc. ' I will not here multiply evidence and ...
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... clear , gets dimmed if the apostle of a craze and his followers succeed in attracting to themselves the attention of wider circles . He then receives a concourse of unbelievers , who are very well able to recognise the insanity of the ...
... clear , gets dimmed if the apostle of a craze and his followers succeed in attracting to themselves the attention of wider circles . He then receives a concourse of unbelievers , who are very well able to recognise the insanity of the ...
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... clear that a brain , in which a single perception awakens through the operation of the association of ideas a whole train of connected representations , will recognise , con- ceive and judge far more rapidly than one in which no associa ...
... clear that a brain , in which a single perception awakens through the operation of the association of ideas a whole train of connected representations , will recognise , con- ceive and judge far more rapidly than one in which no associa ...
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Page 89 - It lies in heaven, across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge.
Page 89 - When round his head the aureole clings, And he is clothed in white, I'll take his hand and go with him To the deep wells of light; As unto a stream we will step down, And bathe there in God's sight.
Page 293 - Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent. Il est des parfums frais comme des chairs d'enfants, Doux comme les hautbois, verts comme les prairies...
Page 99 - Of Margaret sitting glorious there, In glory of gold and glory of hair, And glory of glorious face most fair; — Ah!
Page 321 - Where, if not from the Impressionists, do we get those wonderful brown fogs that come creeping down our streets, blurring the gas-lamps and changing the houses into monstrous shadows? To whom, if not to them and their master, do we owe the lovely silver mists that brood over our river, and turn to faint forms of fading pace curved bridge and swaying barge?
Page 125 - Dans l'interminable Ennui de la plaine La neige incertaine Luit comme du sable. Le ciel est de cuivre Sans lueur aucune, On croirait voir vivre Et mourir la lune.
Page 89 - Out of the circling charm; Until her bosom must have made The bar she leaned on warm, And the lilies lay as if asleep Along her bended arm. From the fixed place of Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds.
Page 79 - Painting, or art generally, as such, with all its technicalities, difficulties, and particular ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing. He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed.
Page 384 - Are you not clear about your place in your own home? Have you not an infallible guide in questions like these? Have you not religion? NORA. Oh, Torvald, I don't really know what religion is.
Page 87 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, , And the stars in her hair were seven.