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The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history , to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful HISTORY 7.
The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history , to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful HISTORY 7.
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But Xenophon arose naked , and , taking an axe , began to split wood ; whereupon others rose and did the like . ” Throughout his army exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on ...
But Xenophon arose naked , and , taking an axe , began to split wood ; whereupon others rose and did the like . ” Throughout his army exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on ...
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Such things have continued to be made in all ages , and are now , wherever a healthy physique exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the engaging ...
Such things have continued to be made in all ages , and are now , wherever a healthy physique exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the engaging ...
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objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could ...
objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could ...
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... that water exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he ...
... that water exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he ...
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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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