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The secret bent of his own nature fitted him for the k e e n e s t play of a s u s c e p t I b l e and acute I n t e l l I g e n c e. But this very c u l t in him has an a r d o u r, an impassioned v e h e m e n c e; it is r e c o n c I l e d with the f I r e of I m a g I n a t I o n. His w o r s h I p of I d e a s, the queens of the mental world, is f r a u g h t with e n t h u s I a s m; reason to him is an illumination. An a p o s t l e of s c I e n c e and of salutary t r u t h, he renews and refreshes the sources of both. He must be numbered among those who in the last quarter of the nineteenth century wage w a r agaInst the encroaching p r o g r e s s of m e c h a n I s m.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:26:15 +0000

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