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But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven made by circumstances predominant , and the limits.
But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven made by circumstances predominant , and the limits.
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But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preexist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is A man of nature give power to but one at made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY ...
But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preexist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is A man of nature give power to but one at made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY ...
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A man of nature give power to but one at a time . is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man .
A man of nature give power to but one at a time . is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man .
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The fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We , as we read , must become Greeks , Romans , Turks , priest and king , martyr and executioner ; must fasten these images to some reality in our ...
The fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible . We , as we read , must become Greeks , Romans , Turks , priest and king , martyr and executioner ; must fasten these images to some reality in our ...
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A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain ... Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done ...
A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain ... Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done ...
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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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