Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... leave the print of its features and form in some one or other of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah ! brother , stop the ebb of thy soul , — ebbing downward into the forms into whose habits thou hast now for many years slid ...
... leave the print of its features and form in some one or other of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah ! brother , stop the ebb of thy soul , — ebbing downward into the forms into whose habits thou hast now for many years slid ...
Page 58
... Leave your theory , as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines . With consistency a great soul has simply ...
... Leave your theory , as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines . With consistency a great soul has simply ...
Page 84
... leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but will be his own man , and in his turn the founder of a sect . The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume and do not invigorate men ...
... leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but will be his own man , and in his turn the founder of a sect . The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume and do not invigorate men ...
Page 87
... leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political ...
... leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political ...
Page 92
... the compensation intended ; for what else ? Is it that they are to have leave to pray and praise ? to love and legitimate inference the disciple would draw was , — ' serve men ? Why , that they can do now . The 92 COMPENSATION ..
... the compensation intended ; for what else ? Is it that they are to have leave to pray and praise ? to love and legitimate inference the disciple would draw was , — ' serve men ? Why , that they can do now . The 92 COMPENSATION ..
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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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