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Page 187
Their once flaming regard is sobered by time in either breast , and losing in violence what it gains in extent ... and exchange the passion which once could not lose sight of its object , for a cheerful disengaged furtherance , whether ...
Their once flaming regard is sobered by time in either breast , and losing in violence what it gains in extent ... and exchange the passion which once could not lose sight of its object , for a cheerful disengaged furtherance , whether ...
Page 188
... and the warm loves and fears , that swept over us as clouds , must lose their finite character and blend with God , to attain their own perfection . But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul .
... and the warm loves and fears , that swept over us as clouds , must lose their finite character and blend with God , to attain their own perfection . But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul .
Page 215
I fear only that I may lose them receding into the sky in which now they are only a patch of brighter light . Then , though I prize my friends , I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions , lest I lose my own .
I fear only that I may lose them receding into the sky in which now they are only a patch of brighter light . Then , though I prize my friends , I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions , lest I lose my own .
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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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