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vitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Æschylus , transformed to a cow , offends the imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets OsirisJove , a beautiful woman ...
vitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Æschylus , transformed to a cow , offends the imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets OsirisJove , a beautiful woman ...
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ا which yield him points of interest wherever fresh objects meet his eyes . The pastoral nations were needy and hungry to desperation ; and this intellectual nomadism , in its excess , bankrupts the mind , through the dissipation of ...
ا which yield him points of interest wherever fresh objects meet his eyes . The pastoral nations were needy and hungry to desperation ; and this intellectual nomadism , in its excess , bankrupts the mind , through the dissipation of ...
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The Greek had , it seems , the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools ...
The Greek had , it seems , the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools ...
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The political parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine !
The political parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine !
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On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating in air or pent in stone , Will rive the hills and swim the sea , And , like thy shadow , follow thee . ESSAY III . COMPENSATION .
On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating in air or pent in stone , Will rive the hills and swim the sea , And , like thy shadow , follow thee . ESSAY III . COMPENSATION .
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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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