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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 Calvinistic Christianity , and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence.
... the Calvinistic Christianity , and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence.
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objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could ...
objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could ...
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The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
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It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinand would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to ...
It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinand would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to ...
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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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