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Page 41
In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your ...
In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your ...
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I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ...
I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ...
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I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife .
I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife .
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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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I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the globe , for the purposes of art , of study , and benevolence , so that the man is first domesticated , or does not go abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than he ...
I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the globe , for the purposes of art , of study , and benevolence , so that the man is first domesticated , or does not go abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than 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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