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Man is his own star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angels are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows that ...
Man is his own star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angels are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows that ...
Page 120
... this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of real Being . Essence , I 20 COMPENSATION.
... this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of real Being . Essence , I 20 COMPENSATION.
Page 184
Passion beholds its object as a perfect unit . The soul is wholly embodied , and the body is wholly ensouled :“ Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and so distinctly wrought , That one might almost say her body thought .
Passion beholds its object as a perfect unit . The soul is wholly embodied , and the body is wholly ensouled :“ Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and so distinctly wrought , That one might almost say her body thought .
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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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