Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 12
... better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . 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 ...
... better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . 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 ...
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... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . - History must be this or it is nothing . Every law nature ; that is all . We must in ourselves which the state enacts indicates a fact in human HISTORY . 15.
... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . - History must be this or it is nothing . Every law nature ; that is all . We must in ourselves which the state enacts indicates a fact in human HISTORY . 15.
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... 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 door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
... 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 door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
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... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
Page 37
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | John B. Alden, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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