Essays - First SeriesThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 314 pages American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art. |
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Pepper Winters. Once. a. Myth. Blurb: “There was a boy once. A boy who wasn't strong enough to save me when I was taken.” There was a girl once. A girl called Tess Snow who sat with me in the dark, waiting to be sold. There was an owner ...
Pepper Winters. Once. a. Myth. Blurb: “There was a boy once. A boy who wasn't strong enough to save me when I was taken.” There was a girl once. A girl called Tess Snow who sat with me in the dark, waiting to be sold. There was an owner ...
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Trucila Mutasa. Once. up. in. a. Garden. Once there was beautiful garden called Eden. It had every beautiful plant of the world and had pretty flowers too. Every animal and creature of the world, big and small, was found in it. The warm ...
Trucila Mutasa. Once. up. in. a. Garden. Once there was beautiful garden called Eden. It had every beautiful plant of the world and had pretty flowers too. Every animal and creature of the world, big and small, was found in it. The warm ...
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... once established , and the stimulus of hope , desire , ambition once imparted , Hindoos would show as strong a liking for the good things of life as other people . The point has long been proved ; for , when the trade with India was once ...
... once established , and the stimulus of hope , desire , ambition once imparted , Hindoos would show as strong a liking for the good things of life as other people . The point has long been proved ; for , when the trade with India was once ...
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Contents
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39 | |
Compensation | 80 |
Spiritual Laws | 112 |
Love | 145 |
Friendship | 164 |
Prudence | 188 |
Heroism | 207 |
The OverSoul | 226 |
Circles | 254 |
Intellect | 274 |
Art | 295 |
Endnotes | 313 |
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