EssaysWestvaco, 1978 - 210 pages |
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Page 49
Ralph Waldo Emerson. should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new ... light ; where it is , is day ; where it was , is night ; and history is an impertinence and an injury if it be ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new ... light ; where it is , is day ; where it was , is night ; and history is an impertinence and an injury if it be ...
Page 65
... light from us ? They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat new ...
... light from us ? They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat new ...
Page 170
... light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained ...
... light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained ...
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