The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... sense to a common want . It is best to pay in your land a skilful gardener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense ap- plied to cooking , sewing ...
... sense to a common want . It is best to pay in your land a skilful gardener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense ap- plied to cooking , sewing ...
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... senses is a world of shows ; it does not exist for itself , but has a symbolic character ; and a true prudence or law of shows recognizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that ... sense ; the second , taste ; and the 222 PRUDENCE.
... senses is a world of shows ; it does not exist for itself , but has a symbolic character ; and a true prudence or law of shows recognizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that ... sense ; the second , taste ; and the 222 PRUDENCE.
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... sense . On him who scorned the world , as he said , the scorned world wreaks its revenge . He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little . ' Goethe's Tasso is very likely to be a pretty fair historic portrait , and ...
... sense . On him who scorned the world , as he said , the scorned world wreaks its revenge . He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little . ' Goethe's Tasso is very likely to be a pretty fair historic portrait , and ...
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