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All literature writes the character of the wise man . Books , monuments , pictures , conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is ...
All literature writes the character of the wise man . Books , monuments , pictures , conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is ...
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... are somewhat , and do exert a specific influence on the mind . So far then are they eternal entities , as real to - day as in the first Olympiad . Much revolving them he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body ...
... are somewhat , and do exert a specific influence on the mind . So far then are they eternal entities , as real to - day as in the first Olympiad . Much revolving them he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body ...
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The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
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... are somewhat , and do exert a specific influence on the mind . So far then are they eternal entities , as real to - day as in the first Olympiad . Much revolving them he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body ...
... are somewhat , and do exert a specific influence on the mind . So far then are they eternal entities , as real to - day as in the first Olympiad . Much revolving them he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body ...
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The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory .
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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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