The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant individual ; through count- less individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera ...
... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant individual ; through count- less individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera ...
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... nature this primary figure is repeated without end . It is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world . St. Augustine described the nature of God as a circle whose centre was everywhere and its circumference nowhere . ' We are all ...
... nature this primary figure is repeated without end . It is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world . St. Augustine described the nature of God as a circle whose centre was everywhere and its circumference nowhere . ' We are all ...
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... Nature through endless cycles of Protean disguises , the Symbolism of Nature , the beauty of Law , working forward and upward alike in Nature NOTES 379.
... Nature through endless cycles of Protean disguises , the Symbolism of Nature , the beauty of Law , working forward and upward alike in Nature NOTES 379.
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