Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of latitude , why The student interprets the age of chivalry by his own should I count Egyptian years ? 30 ...
... perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of latitude , why The student interprets the age of chivalry by his own should I count Egyptian years ? 30 ...
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... perception of identity through endless mutations of form makes him know the Proteus . What else am I who laughed or wept yesterday , who slept last night like a corpse , and this morning stood and ran ? And what see I on any side but ...
... perception of identity through endless mutations of form makes him know the Proteus . What else am I who laughed or wept yesterday , who slept last night like a corpse , and this morning stood and ran ? And what see I on any side but ...
Page 68
... perception, we shall gladly disburden the memory of its hoarded treasures as old rubbish. When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn. And now at last the highest truth on ...
... perception, we shall gladly disburden the memory of its hoarded treasures as old rubbish. When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn. And now at last the highest truth on ...
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... perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not ...
... perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not ...
Page 65
... perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But perception is not whimsical , but fatal . If I see a trait ...
... perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But perception is not whimsical , but fatal . If I see a trait ...
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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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