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In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of ...
In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting organs of the fish . The whole of heraldry and of ...
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... explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth .
... explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth .
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We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
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We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
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We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence , which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams .
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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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