Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the ...
... virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the ...
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... virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of the Muse of Hellas . I admire the ...
... virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of the Muse of Hellas . I admire the ...
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... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor and in the search after truth finds , like them , new 32 HISTORY .
... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor and in the search after truth finds , like them , new 32 HISTORY .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the ...
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... virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the ...
... virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the ...
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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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