Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between ... fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the ...
... fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between ... fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the ...
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... fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said ...
... fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said ...
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... fire , or storm , or bankruptcies , but perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes . 66 Thy lot or portion of life , " said the Caliph Ali , " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our ...
... fire , or storm , or bankruptcies , but perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes . 66 Thy lot or portion of life , " said the Caliph Ali , " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. pears . If you see smoke , there must be fire . If you see a hand or a limb , you know that the trunk to which it belongs is there behind . Every act rewards itself , or in other words integrates itself , in a ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. pears . If you see smoke , there must be fire . If you see a hand or a limb , you know that the trunk to which it belongs is there behind . Every act rewards itself , or in other words integrates itself , in a ...
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... fire turns every thing to its own nature , so that you cannot do him any harm ; but as the royal armies sent against Napoleon , when he approached cast down their colors and from enemies became friends , so disasters of all kinds , as ...
... fire turns every thing to its own nature , so that you cannot do him any harm ; but as the royal armies sent against Napoleon , when he approached cast down their colors and from enemies became friends , so disasters of all kinds , as ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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