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There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him .
There is no age or state of society or mode of action in history to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him .
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Do not the lovely attributes of the maiden child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self ...
Do not the lovely attributes of the maiden child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self ...
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Do not the lovely attributes of the maiden child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self ...
Do not the lovely attributes of the maiden child predict the refinements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self ...
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High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! If any man consider the present ...
High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! If any man consider the present ...
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Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their ...
Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your contemporaries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so , and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their ...
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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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