The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 164
... time , my facts , my net of relations , as good as theirs , or either of theirs . Rather let me do my work so well that other idlers if they choose may compare my tex- ture with the texture of these and find it identi- 164 SPIRITUAL LAWS.
... time , my facts , my net of relations , as good as theirs , or either of theirs . Rather let me do my work so well that other idlers if they choose may compare my tex- ture with the texture of these and find it identi- 164 SPIRITUAL LAWS.
Page 226
... ture has , without a prayer even , spread a table for his morning meal . The northerner is perforce a householder . He must brew , bake , salt and preserve his food , and pile wood and coal . But as it happens that not one stroke can ...
... ture has , without a prayer even , spread a table for his morning meal . The northerner is perforce a householder . He must brew , bake , salt and preserve his food , and pile wood and coal . But as it happens that not one stroke can ...
Page 417
... ture in Boston , the seventh in the course on " Human Cul- ture " in the winter of 1837-38 . Mr. Emerson was by education and temperament prudent , but in no petty way . Knowing his want of practical faculty , and the idea of debt or of ...
... ture in Boston , the seventh in the course on " Human Cul- ture " in the winter of 1837-38 . Mr. Emerson was by education and temperament prudent , but in no petty way . Knowing his want of practical faculty , and the idea of debt or of ...
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