Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
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... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
... feel ; what at any time has befallen any man , he can understand . Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the ...
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... feel that we intrude , that this is for 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 ...
... feel that we intrude , that this is for 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 ...
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... feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel , his saw and plane still reproduced its ferns , its spikes of flowers , its locust , elm , oak , pine , fir and spruce . The Gothic cathedral is a ...
... feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel , his saw and plane still reproduced its ferns , its spikes of flowers , its locust , elm , oak , pine , fir and spruce . The Gothic cathedral is a ...
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... , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in catacombs , libraries , and the broken reliefs and torsos ― ― What is the foundation of that interest all men feel of ruined villas . HISTORY . 27.
... , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in catacombs , libraries , and the broken reliefs and torsos ― ― What is the foundation of that interest all men feel of ruined villas . HISTORY . 27.
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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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