Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 4
... light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages ...
... light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. nations . 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 foun- dation of friendship and love , and of the heroism ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. nations . 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 foun- dation of friendship and love , and of the heroism ...
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... lights of the firmament . - These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the commentary . Thus ...
... lights of the firmament . - These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the commentary . Thus ...
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... light and of the world . I remember one summer day , in the fields , my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as painted ...
... light and of the world . I remember one summer day , in the fields , my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as painted ...
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... light by which man is truly man . But if the man is true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts ...
... light by which man is truly man . But if the man is true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts ...
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