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1 am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's , strain . ESSAY I. HISTORY . a a There is one mind.
1 am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's , strain . ESSAY I. HISTORY . a a There is one mind.
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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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I see that men of God have , from time to time , walked among men and made their commission felt in the heart and soul of the commonest hearer . Hence , evidently , the tripod , the priest , the priestess inspired by the divine afflatus ...
I see that men of God have , from time to time , walked among men and made their commission felt in the heart and soul of the commonest hearer . Hence , evidently , the tripod , the priest , the priestess inspired by the divine afflatus ...
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... each market - town of Persia , Spain , and Britain pervious to the soldiers of the capital : so out of the human heart go , as it were , highways to the heart of every object in nature , to reduce it under the dominion of man .
... each market - town of Persia , Spain , and Britain pervious to the soldiers of the capital : so out of the human heart go , as it were , highways to the heart of every object in nature , to reduce it under the dominion of man .
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To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , - that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes ...
To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , - that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes ...
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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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