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Thus it seems that Carlyle and Birrell would have it that courage and humility have something to do with "explanation" and that it is not "a respect for all" a faith in the power of "innate virtue" to perceive by "relativeness rather than penetration" that causes Emerson to withhold explanation to a greater degree than many writers. Carlyle asks for more utility, and Birrell for more inspiration.
"The method of reasoning should be the exhaustive study of minute detail, of which we shall speak later. "For the moment we shall content ourselves by indicating, along the broad lines of argument, what is meant by this word reason. "Reasoning is the art of fixing the relativeness of things.
"It is by abstracting reckless contingencies, and by relying only upon the relativeness of facts, that we can succeed in discovering the truth that there are too many representations as to these facts. "Deduction is the great support of mental weakness. It helps in discerning proportions, possibilities, even as it helps in skilfully avoiding the fear of error."
"This is the art of calculating the differences existing between each thing, by determining the relativeness of their respective proportions. "Comparison acts on the mind automatically, as a rule. "It is indispensable to the cultivation of common sense, for it furnishes the means of judging with full knowledge of all the circumstances.
This is a striking illustration of the mere relativeness of such words as "morality," "refinement," and their opposites.
"I like the New England roadside," continued Miss Pierce, with an apparent relativeness to the last subject that delighted Peter, who was used by this time to much disconnection of conversation, and found not a little difficulty in shifting quickly from one topic to another. "There is a tangled finish about it that is very pleasant. And in August, when the golden-rod comes, I think it is glorious.
Zwei-glass of lager-bier, ja! ja! Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the sigmal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense. Tattoo always produces an impression of extreme loneliness.
Zwei-glass of lager-bier, ja! ja! Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the sigmal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense. Tattoo always produces an impression of extreme loneliness.
He also comprehended the relativeness of words, the vagueness of conceptions, the faultiness of all communion, but was nevertheless not so broad-minded that he found extenuating circumstances everywhere and for everyone. His great power lay in his demand for fixedness of opinion.
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