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The Greeks are not reflective , but perfect in their senses and in their health , with the finest physical organization in the world . Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies , and statues ...
The Greeks are not reflective , but perfect in their senses and in their health , with the finest physical organization in the world . Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies , and statues ...
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“ Man is his own star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angels are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows ...
“ Man is his own star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angels are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows ...
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It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude .
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude .
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Every man discriminates between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions , and knows that to his involuntary perceptions a perfect faith is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these ...
Every man discriminates between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions , and knows that to his involuntary perceptions a perfect faith is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these ...
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These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to - day . There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its ...
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to - day . There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its ...
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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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