Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... elements of life in its own soil ; and which has its own perils of monotony and deterioration , if not stimulated by foreign infusions . Every thing the individual sees without him corresponds to his states of mind , and every thing is ...
... elements of life in its own soil ; and which has its own perils of monotony and deterioration , if not stimulated by foreign infusions . Every thing the individual sees without him corresponds to his states of mind , and every thing is ...
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... elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like ...
... elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like ...
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... elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like ...
... elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like ...
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... elements and the historical eras ? Nay , what does history yet record of the metaphysical annals of man ? What light does it shed on those mysteries which we hide under the names Death and Immortality ? Yet every history should be ...
... elements and the historical eras ? Nay , what does history yet record of the metaphysical annals of man ? What light does it shed on those mysteries which we hide under the names Death and Immortality ? Yet every history should be ...
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... elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into trivial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call ...
... elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into trivial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call ...
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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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