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Page 11
Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all - HISTORY . 11.
Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance . Upborne and surrounded as we are by this all - HISTORY . 11.
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The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped , and how the Pyramids were built , better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his ...
The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped , and how the Pyramids were built , better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his ...
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A mind might ponder its thought for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an outrage , or has heard an eloquent ...
A mind might ponder its thought for ages , and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an outrage , or has heard an eloquent ...
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They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have ...
They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have ...
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Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions ...
Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions ...
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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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