The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. WH PRUDENCE HAT right have I to write on Prudence , whereof I have little , and that of the negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoid- ing and going without , not in the inventing of means ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. WH PRUDENCE HAT right have I to write on Prudence , whereof I have little , and that of the negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoid- ing and going without , not in the inventing of means ...
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... prudence or law of shows recognizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that its own office is subaltern ; knows that it is surface and not centre where it works . Prudence is false when detached . It is legitimate when it is the ...
... prudence or law of shows recognizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that its own office is subaltern ; knows that it is surface and not centre where it works . Prudence is false when detached . It is legitimate when it is the ...
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... prudence which consists in husbanding little strokes of the tool , little portions of time , particles of stock and small gains . The eye of prudence may never shut . Iron , if kept at the ironmon- ger's , will rust ; beer , if not ...
... prudence which consists in husbanding little strokes of the tool , little portions of time , particles of stock and small gains . The eye of prudence may never shut . Iron , if kept at the ironmon- ger's , will rust ; beer , if not ...
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