Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have resounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is The world exists for the education of each man . doing to - day . HISTORY . 13.
... man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have resounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is The world exists for the education of each man . doing to - day . HISTORY . 13.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to ...
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... exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on each new order , and Xenophon is as sharp - tongued as any and sharper - tongued than most , and so gives as good as he gets . Who does ...
... exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on each new order , and Xenophon is as sharp - tongued as any and sharper - tongued than most , and so gives as good as he gets . Who does ...
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... exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the engaging unconsciousness of childhood . The attraction of these manners is that they belong to man ...
... exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the engaging unconsciousness of childhood . The attraction of these manners is that they belong to man ...
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... exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less ...
... exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less ...
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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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