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Page 11
Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects ...
Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects ...
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There is at the surface infinite variety of things ; at the centre there is simplicity of cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek ...
There is at the surface infinite variety of things ; at the centre there is simplicity of cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek ...
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If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , Go love thy infant ; love thy ; 2 a me . wood - chopper : be good - 14 ESSAY II .
If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , Go love thy infant ; love thy ; 2 a me . wood - chopper : be good - 14 ESSAY II .
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Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish ...
Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish ...
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If this aversation had its origin in contempt and resistance like his own , he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , but are put on and off as the ...
If this aversation had its origin in contempt and resistance like his own , he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , but are put on and off as the ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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