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On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical

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ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF DISCOVERY.

Wär' nicht das Auge sonnenhaft Wie könnten wir das Licht erblicken? Lebt' nicht in uns des Gottes eigne Kraft Wie könnte uns das Göttliche entzücken? Goethe.

Were nothing sunlike in the Eye How could we Light itself descry? Were nothing godlike in the Mind How could we God in Nature find?

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