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He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand .
He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand .
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It is the universal nature which gives worth to particular men and things . Human life as containing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all ...
It is the universal nature which gives worth to particular men and things . Human life as containing this is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all ...
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We must in ourselves see the necessary reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So stand before every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before HISTORY . 9.
We must in ourselves see the necessary reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So stand before every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before HISTORY . 9.
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We have the sufficient reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause ...
We have the sufficient reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause ...
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In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of ...
In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of ...
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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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