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Page 34
He , too , shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
He , too , shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
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... and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ...
... and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ...
Page 43
Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be formidable .
Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be formidable .
Page 44
If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , Go love thy infant ...
If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , Go love thy infant ...
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We pass for what we are . Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in ...
We pass for what we are . Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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