The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. TH CIRCLES HE eye is the first circle ; the horizon which it forms is the second ; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end . It is the highest emblem in the cipher of ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. TH CIRCLES HE eye is the first circle ; the horizon which it forms is the second ; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end . It is the highest emblem in the cipher of ...
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... circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles , and that without end . ' The extent to which this generation of circles , wheel without wheel , will go , depends on the force ...
... circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles , and that without end . ' The extent to which this generation of circles , wheel without wheel , will go , depends on the force ...
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... circle , which always returns to the point where it began , but it is no less true that around every circle another can be drawn . Hence there is no security but in infinite progress . · · · · Emerson followed his own coun- sel ; he ...
... circle , which always returns to the point where it began , but it is no less true that around every circle another can be drawn . Hence there is no security but in infinite progress . · · · · Emerson followed his own coun- sel ; he ...
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