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Why should all give dollars ? It is very inconvenient to us country folk , and we do not think any good will come of it . We have not dollars , merchants have ; let them give them . Farmers will give corn ; poets will sing ; women will ...
Why should all give dollars ? It is very inconvenient to us country folk , and we do not think any good will come of it . We have not dollars , merchants have ; let them give them . Farmers will give corn ; poets will sing ; women will ...
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Silence is a solvent that destroys personality , and gives us leave to be great and universal . Every man's progress is through a cuccession of teachers , each of whom seems at the time to have a superlative influence , but it at last ...
Silence is a solvent that destroys personality , and gives us leave to be great and universal . Every man's progress is through a cuccession of teachers , each of whom seems at the time to have a superlative influence , but it at last ...
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In landscapes the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than we know . The details , the prose of nature he should omit and give us only the spirit and splendor . He should know that the landscape has beauty for his ...
In landscapes the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than we know . The details , the prose of nature he should omit and give us only the spirit and splendor . He should know that the landscape has beauty for his ...
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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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