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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... present first representative district , and the first and second precincts of the present second representative district . " Fourth district . The third to the fifteenth precincts , inclusive , of the present second representative ...
... present first representative district , and the first and second precincts of the present second representative district . " Fourth district . The third to the fifteenth precincts , inclusive , of the present second representative ...
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... present system, was, that 10,000l. was quite adequate and sufficient for the support and maintenance of the forts. This, we believe, was one of the strongest reasons for those ministers adopting their scheme, which had as much truth in ...
... present system, was, that 10,000l. was quite adequate and sufficient for the support and maintenance of the forts. This, we believe, was one of the strongest reasons for those ministers adopting their scheme, which had as much truth in ...
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... present moment , there have been professed orators and professed metaphysicians , whose great pride has been to maintain what they did not believe , and by beating down their antagonists , display their superior abilities . We take a ...
... present moment , there have been professed orators and professed metaphysicians , whose great pride has been to maintain what they did not believe , and by beating down their antagonists , display their superior abilities . We take a ...
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... beautiful and most etherial , weaves therefrom its own pure essence . The deeper the fugue descends , the brighter becomes this image , like stars in the dark night . Then sinks the storm , and my soul 14 THE GOLDEN PRESENT .
... beautiful and most etherial , weaves therefrom its own pure essence . The deeper the fugue descends , the brighter becomes this image , like stars in the dark night . Then sinks the storm , and my soul 14 THE GOLDEN PRESENT .
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... present arcades , by which light and air are admitted . Between these two buildings is a fountain , erected after the designs of Gois junior . It presents a shell , from which the water falls in a sheet . The shell is supported by three ...
... present arcades , by which light and air are admitted . Between these two buildings is a fountain , erected after the designs of Gois junior . It presents a shell , from which the water falls in a sheet . The shell is supported by three ...
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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