Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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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 of nature give power to but one at a time made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY.
... 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 of nature give power to but one at a time made by circumstances predominant , and the limits HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man 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 ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man 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 ...
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... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with ... give power to but one at a time covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at HISTORY . 11.
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with ... give power to but one at a time covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at HISTORY . 11.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man 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 ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man 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 ...
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... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less ...
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less ...
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