The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series |
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The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself ...
The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself ...
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Already that day exists for us , shines in on us at unawares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature 40 HISTORY.
Already that day exists for us , shines in on us at unawares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature 40 HISTORY.
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But there is no tax on the knowledge that the compensation exists and that it is not desirable to dig up treasure . ' Herein I rejoice with a serene eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief .
But there is no tax on the knowledge that the compensation exists and that it is not desirable to dig up treasure . ' Herein I rejoice with a serene eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief .
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