Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a 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 ...
... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a 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 ...
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... truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have from time to time walked among ...
... truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have from time to time walked among ...
Page 68
... truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far-off remembering of the intuition. That thought by what I can now nearest approach to say it, is this. When good is near you, when you have ...
... truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far-off remembering of the intuition. That thought by what I can now nearest approach to say it, is this. When good is near you, when you have ...
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... truth. Check this lying hospitality and lying affection. Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with ...
... truth. Check this lying hospitality and lying affection. Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with ...
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... truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot ...
... truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot ...
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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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