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Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it, and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY.
Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it, and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY.
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A true aspirant therefore never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character ...
A true aspirant therefore never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character ...
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Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adaand whilst I look at it its outline and texture are mant streams into soft but precise form before it , 18 HISTORY .
Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adaand whilst I look at it its outline and texture are mant streams into soft but precise form before it , 18 HISTORY .
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and whilst I look at it its outline and texture are changed again . Nothing is so fleeting as form ; yet never does it quite deny itself . In man we still trace the remains or hints of all that we esteem badges of servitude in the lower ...
and whilst I look at it its outline and texture are changed again . Nothing is so fleeting as form ; yet never does it quite deny itself . In man we still trace the remains or hints of all that we esteem badges of servitude in the lower ...
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Because a profound nature awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture or of pictures addresses . Civil and natural history , the history of art and of ...
Because a profound nature awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture or of pictures addresses . Civil and natural history , the history of art and of ...
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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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