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But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to ESSAY II.
But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to ESSAY II.
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A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded ... Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what ...
A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded ... Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what ...
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The fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We as we read must become Greeks , Romans , Turks , priest and king , martyr and executioner , must fasten these images to some reality in our secret ...
The fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We as we read must become Greeks , Romans , Turks , priest and king , martyr and executioner , must fasten these images to some reality in our secret ...
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The obscure consciousness of this fact is the light of all our day , the claim of claims ; the plea for education , for justice , for charity , the foundation of friendship and love , and of the heroism and grandeur which belong to acts ...
The obscure consciousness of this fact is the light of all our day , the claim of claims ; the plea for education , for justice , for charity , the foundation of friendship and love , and of the heroism and grandeur which belong to acts ...
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... yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , - in the running river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from mute nature , from the mountains and the lights of the firmament .
... yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , - in the running river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from mute nature , from the mountains and the lights of the firmament .
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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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