Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 15
... means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere , sometime , it will demand and find compensation for that loss , by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him ...
... means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere , sometime , it will demand and find compensation for that loss , by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him ...
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... means the impossibility of drinking the waters of thought which are always gleaming and waving within sight of the soul . The transmigration of souls is no fable . I would it were ; but men and women are only half human . Every animal ...
... means the impossibility of drinking the waters of thought which are always gleaming and waving within sight of the soul . The transmigration of souls is no fable . I would it were ; but men and women are only half human . Every animal ...
Page 50
... means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody ; all conform to it ; so that one babe commonly ...
... means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody ; all conform to it ; so that one babe commonly ...
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... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and not need for my own assurance or the assurance of mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do 54 SELF - RELIANCE . ,
... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and not need for my own assurance or the assurance of mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do 54 SELF - RELIANCE . ,
Page 56
... mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wilfulness , which does not interest us . The muscles ...
... mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wilfulness , which does not interest us . The muscles ...
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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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