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Page 227
... the contempt for safety and ease , which makes the attractiveness of war . It is a self - trust which slights the restraints of prudence , in the plenitude of its en- ergy and power to repair the harms it may suffer HEROISM . 227.
... the contempt for safety and ease , which makes the attractiveness of war . It is a self - trust which slights the restraints of prudence , in the plenitude of its en- ergy and power to repair the harms it may suffer HEROISM . 227.
Page 228
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ergy and power to repair the harms it may suffer . The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturb- ances can shake his will , but pleasantly , and , as it were , merrily , he advances to his own music , alike in ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ergy and power to repair the harms it may suffer . The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturb- ances can shake his will , but pleasantly , and , as it were , merrily , he advances to his own music , alike in ...
Page 277
... ergy spent , it pales and dwindles before the revela- tion of the new hour . Fear not the new generalization . Does the fact look crass and material , threatening to degrade thy theory of spirit ? Resist it not ; it goes CIRCLES . 277.
... ergy spent , it pales and dwindles before the revela- tion of the new hour . Fear not the new generalization . Does the fact look crass and material , threatening to degrade thy theory of spirit ? Resist it not ; it goes CIRCLES . 277.
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