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Page 103
Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . ' Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be ...
Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . ' Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be ...
Page 153
The effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the ...
The effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the ...
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The last Grand Duke of Weimar , a man of superior understanding , said , — “ I have sometimes remarked in the presence of great works of art , and just now especially in Dresden , how much a certain property contributes to the effect ...
The last Grand Duke of Weimar , a man of superior understanding , said , — “ I have sometimes remarked in the presence of great works of art , and just now especially in Dresden , how much a certain property contributes to the effect ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series Volume 2 of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Editor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Contributor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2010 |
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