第16部分(第4/4 页)

s　and　mountain　clefts　in　June　and　�but　are　already　passing　under　the　same　sentence　and　tumbling　into　the　inevitable　pit　which　the　creation　of　new　thought　opens　for　all　that　is　；the　new　races　fed　out　of　the　deposition　of　the　�made　useless　by　hydraulics；fortifications�by　gunpowder；roads　and　canals�by　railways；ways；sails�by　steam；steam　by　electricity。　。。

圆（3）

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Each　new　step　we　take　in　thought　reconciles　twenty　seemingly　discordant　facts�as　expressions　of　one　�discordant　opinions　are　reconciled　by　being　seen　to　be　two　extremes　of　one　principle�and　we　can　never　go　so　far　back　as　to　preclude　a　still　higher　vision。

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Valor　consists　in　the　power　of　self�recovery�so　that　a　man　cannot　have　his　flank　turned�cannot　be　out�generalled�but　put　him　where　you　will�he　stands。

This　can　only　be　by　his　preferring　truth�to　his　past　apprehension　of　truth�and　his　alert　acceptance　of　it　from　whatever　quarter；the　intrepid　conviction　that　his　laws�his　relations　to　society�his　Christianity�his　world�may　at　any　time　be　superseded　and　decease。

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Conversation　is　a　game　of　�water　�morrow　you　shall　find　them　stooping　under　the　old　pack��emancipates　us　from　the　oppression　of　the　last　speaker　to　oppress　us　with　the　greatness　and　exclusiveness　of　his　own　thought�then　yields　us　to　another　redeemer�we　seem　to　recover　our　rights�to　bee　�what　truths　profound　and　executable　only　in　ages　and　orbs�are　supposed　in　the　announcement　of　every　truth！　In　mon　hours�society　sits　cold　and　�empty�knowing；possibly�that　we　can　be　full�surrounded　by　mighty　symbols　which　are　not　sy