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All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great discoveries , the great resistances , the great prosperities ...
All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great discoveries , the great resistances , the great prosperities ...
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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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The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . 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 true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . 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 ...
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Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its ...
Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its ...
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He finds that the poet was no odd fellow who described strange and impossible situations , but that universal man wrote by his pen a confession true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully ...
He finds that the poet was no odd fellow who described strange and impossible situations , but that universal man wrote by his pen a confession true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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