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The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , - that is genius .
The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , - that is genius .
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this native law remains over it after it has come to reflection or conscious thought . In the most worn , pedantic , introverted self - tormentor's life , the greatest part is incalculable by him , unforeseen , unimaginable , and must ...
this native law remains over it after it has come to reflection or conscious thought . In the most worn , pedantic , introverted self - tormentor's life , the greatest part is incalculable by him , unforeseen , unimaginable , and must ...
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We are stung by the desire for new thought ; but when we receive a new thought it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched .
We are stung by the desire for new thought ; but when we receive a new thought it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched .
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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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