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The effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? ... The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely .
The effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? ... The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely .
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PRUDENCE WHAT right have I. to write on Prudence , little , negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoiding and going without , not in the inventing of means and methods , not in adroit steering , not in gentle repairing .
PRUDENCE WHAT right have I. to write on Prudence , little , negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoiding and going without , not in the inventing of means and methods , not in adroit steering , not in gentle repairing .
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To - day I am full of thoughts and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
To - day I am full of thoughts and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
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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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