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...us by degrees, instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. Do you remember Wordsworth's— Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, Bat we must still be seeking ? We do not trust God ; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He...

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...diet. We may be, and often are, exhausted by sudden emotion without chemical exhaustion of our bodies. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. What a marvellous power is that of mental determination ! How directly it evinces the presence in the...

...when we let our memories follow their natural associations, or when we simply yield to emotion : — " Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." This is quite in accordance with Professor Bain's own philosophy, as elsewhere developed. Is it likely...

...when we let our memories follow their natural associations, or when we simply yield to emotion : — " Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed thia mind of ours In a wise pussiveness." This is quite in accordance with Professor Bain's own philosophy,...

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...advancement of the cause by what you or those around yon have done or failed in doing. " Think yon, 'mid all this mighty sum of things for ever speaking that nothing of itself will come and we must still be seeking ? " As Nature abhors gaps in her work, so does God lead on His chosen...