Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 35
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , riddle , the Sphinx was slain ...
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , riddle , the Sphinx was slain ...
Page 53
... thou foolish philanthropist that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ; for ...
... thou foolish philanthropist that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ; for ...
Page 78
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Every new ...
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Every new ...
Page 82
... thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances ...
... thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances ...
Page 87
... thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A ...
... thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A ...
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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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