The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 236
... human word among the storms , distances and accidents that drive us hither and thither , and , by persistency , make the paltry force of one man reappear to redeem its pledge after months and years in the most distant cli- mates . We ...
... human word among the storms , distances and accidents that drive us hither and thither , and , by persistency , make the paltry force of one man reappear to redeem its pledge after months and years in the most distant cli- mates . We ...
Page 358
... human influences overpower the accidents of a local and special culture , is the best critic of art . Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful , we must carry it with us , or we find it not . The best of beauty is a finer ...
... human influences overpower the accidents of a local and special culture , is the best critic of art . Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful , we must carry it with us , or we find it not . The best of beauty is a finer ...
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... human mind . We do not possess it , but partake of it . It is identical with the Uni- versal Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is ...
... human mind . We do not possess it , but partake of it . It is identical with the Uni- versal Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is ...
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