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The cramping influence of a hard formalist on a young child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience HISTORY . 25.
The cramping influence of a hard formalist on a young child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience HISTORY . 25.
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that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a ...
that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a ...
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He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not private , but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , grow faint and ...
He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not private , but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , grow faint and ...
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Fear and hope are alike beneath it . There is somewhat low even in hope . In the hour of vision , there is nothing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation ...
Fear and hope are alike beneath it . There is somewhat low even in hope . In the hour of vision , there is nothing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation ...
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Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door , and say , - Come out unto us . ' But keep thy state ; come not into their confusion . The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by ...
Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door , and say , - Come out unto us . ' But keep thy state ; come not into their confusion . The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by ...
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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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