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High be his heart , faithful his will , clear his sight , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others !
High be his heart , faithful his will , clear his sight , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others !
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As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains ...
As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains ...
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way , until the sacrifices and virtues of society are odious . Love should make joy ; but our benevolence is unhappy . Our Sunday - schools and churches and pauper - societies are yokes to the neck . We pain ourselves to please nobody .
way , until the sacrifices and virtues of society are odious . Love should make joy ; but our benevolence is unhappy . Our Sunday - schools and churches and pauper - societies are yokes to the neck . We pain ourselves to please nobody .
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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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