Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... Waldo Emerson. 1 am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's . strain . ESSAY I. HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to.
... Waldo Emerson. 1 am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's . strain . ESSAY I. HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to.
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... Cæsar Borgia is as much an illustration of the mind's powers and depra- vations as what has befallen us . Each new law and political movement has meaning for you . Stand be- fore each of its tablets and say , ' Under this mask did my ...
... Cæsar Borgia is as much an illustration of the mind's powers and depra- vations as what has befallen us . Each new law and political movement has meaning for you . Stand be- fore each of its tablets and say , ' Under this mask did my ...
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... Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his genius , that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow ...
... Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his genius , that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow ...
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... Cæsar and Na- poleon ; but the best of their power was in nature , not in them . Men of an extraordinary success , in their honest moments , have always sung , ' Not un- to us , not unto us . ' According to the faith of their times ...
... Cæsar and Na- poleon ; but the best of their power was in nature , not in them . Men of an extraordinary success , in their honest moments , have always sung , ' Not un- to us , not unto us . ' According to the faith of their times ...
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... Cæsar , and not the player of Cæsar ; then the selfsame strain of thought , emotion as pure , wit as subtle , motions as swift , mounting , extravagant , and a heart as great , self- sufficing , dauntless , which on the waves of its ...
... Cæsar , and not the player of Cæsar ; then the selfsame strain of thought , emotion as pure , wit as subtle , motions as swift , mounting , extravagant , and a heart as great , self- sufficing , dauntless , which on the waves of its ...
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