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... yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours .
... yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours .
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The Grecian state is the era of the bodily nature , the perfection of the senses , - of the spirit- ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . HISTORY . 21.
The Grecian state is the era of the bodily nature , the perfection of the senses , - of the spirit- ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . HISTORY . 21.
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ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phæbus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the ...
ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phæbus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the ...
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Man is the broken giant , and , in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to solid nature ...
Man is the broken giant , and , in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to solid nature ...
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Much revolving them , he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of ...
Much revolving them , he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2019 |
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