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Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish ...
Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish ...
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... we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage is at fault . Its presence or its absence is. its beams . If we ask whence this comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all philosophy away > > 56 ESSAY II .
... we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage is at fault . Its presence or its absence is. its beams . If we ask whence this comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all philosophy away > > 56 ESSAY II .
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For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing ...
For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing ...
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If you cannot , I will still seek to deserve that you should . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the ...
If you cannot , I will still seek to deserve that you should . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the ...
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I seek the Vatican , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness ...
I seek the Vatican , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness ...
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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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