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It was an application of his own thought to the thing to be done and the conditions to be observed . And why need we copy the Doric or the Gothic model ? Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us ...
It was an application of his own thought to the thing to be done and the conditions to be observed . And why need we copy the Doric or the Gothic model ? Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us ...
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strikes him , now another , and with each moment he alters the whole air , attitude and expression of his clay . Away with your nonsense of oil and easels , of marble and chisels ; except to open your eyes to the masteries of eternal ...
strikes him , now another , and with each moment he alters the whole air , attitude and expression of his clay . Away with your nonsense of oil and easels , of marble and chisels ; except to open your eyes to the masteries of eternal ...
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a a Dr. Holmes , in commenting on “ The Over - Soul , ” says : “ It is a curious amusement to trace many of these thoughts and expressions to Plato , or Plotinus , or Proclus , or Porphyry , to Spinoza or Schelling , but the same tune ...
a a Dr. Holmes , in commenting on “ The Over - Soul , ” says : “ It is a curious amusement to trace many of these thoughts and expressions to Plato , or Plotinus , or Proclus , or Porphyry , to Spinoza or Schelling , but the same tune ...
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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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