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Page xii
... Struggle about the Ecole Polytechnique - The lonely ponds of the Dombes - What he learnt in the Desert- The Creative Spirit - His vocation - Which path ? CHAPTER III . PARIS . 1821-1822 . Enters a bank - Resigns - Left to shift for ...
... Struggle about the Ecole Polytechnique - The lonely ponds of the Dombes - What he learnt in the Desert- The Creative Spirit - His vocation - Which path ? CHAPTER III . PARIS . 1821-1822 . Enters a bank - Resigns - Left to shift for ...
Page xiii
... Struggle with his father - Compulsory residence at Charolles - Mr . Smith , of the " Morning Chronicle " -Herder - Hamann - Visit to England- " In- troduction to Herder's Philosophy of the History of Humanity " -Comparison between ...
... Struggle with his father - Compulsory residence at Charolles - Mr . Smith , of the " Morning Chronicle " -Herder - Hamann - Visit to England- " In- troduction to Herder's Philosophy of the History of Humanity " -Comparison between ...
Page xvii
... struggle of Faith and Doubt . I. Prometheus , Inventor of Fire . II . Prometheus Chained . III . Prometheus Delivered . The spirit of the poem given by a description of the course of the drama , and the translation of portions into ...
... struggle of Faith and Doubt . I. Prometheus , Inventor of Fire . II . Prometheus Chained . III . Prometheus Delivered . The spirit of the poem given by a description of the course of the drama , and the translation of portions into ...
Page xx
... struggle between Darkness and Light - The Persian wars - Religion and Industry— Relation to Christianity - Sublime eschatology - Mithra -The want in the Persian Religion - Hard for a Reli- gion to die 309-312 2. The Religion of Egypt ...
... struggle between Darkness and Light - The Persian wars - Religion and Industry— Relation to Christianity - Sublime eschatology - Mithra -The want in the Persian Religion - Hard for a Reli- gion to die 309-312 2. The Religion of Egypt ...
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... struggles for freedom became maddening . One day after a long march , gun in hand , he was returning home through the marsh lands and by the great ponds ; tired and oppressed by their heavy vapours , the thought of his bondage became ...
... struggles for freedom became maddening . One day after a long march , gun in hand , he was returning home through the marsh lands and by the great ponds ; tired and oppressed by their heavy vapours , the thought of his bondage became ...
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