Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... youth , he then pierces to the 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 ...
... youth , he then pierces to the 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 ...
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... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
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... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade on ...
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade on ...
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... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade on ...
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade on ...
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... youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
... youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
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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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