Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... it in appropriate events . 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 circum- stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power.
... it in appropriate events . 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 circum- stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul ...
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... gives worth to par- ticular men and things . Human life as containing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less dis ...
... gives worth to par- ticular men and things . Human life as containing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less dis ...
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... gives of himself and his compatriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground covered with it . But Xeno- phon ...
... gives of himself and his compatriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground covered with it . But Xeno- phon ...
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... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? • The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature ...
... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? • The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature ...
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