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A true aspirant , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in disHe hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character ...
A true aspirant , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in disHe hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character ...
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I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or for ...
I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or for ...
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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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If this aversation had its origin in contempt and resistance like his own , he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , but are put on and off as the ...
If this aversation had its origin in contempt and resistance like his own , he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , but are put on and off as the ...
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When a man lives with God , his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far ...
When a man lives with God , his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far ...
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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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