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Page 41
He too shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
He too shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
Page 41
He too shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
He too shall pass through the whole cycle of experience . He shall collect into a focus the rays of nature . History no longer shall be a dull book . It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man .
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... and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ; good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome .
... and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ; good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome .
Page 51
Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges and , having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , - must always be formidable .
Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges and , having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , - must always be formidable .
Page 52
... go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phisumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot asneed 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
... go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phisumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot asneed 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
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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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