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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... thou re -- mem - ber glee And 0 o --ther lips a - - - round thee smile , Wilt thou re -- member По rit : Vine , - Wilt thou re- mem -- ber -- me , het Wilt thou re -- mem --- ber - me ? hust ine , Wilt thou re- - nem -- ber - ine , Wilt ...
... thou re -- mem - ber glee And 0 o --ther lips a - - - round thee smile , Wilt thou re -- member По rit : Vine , - Wilt thou re- mem -- ber -- me , het Wilt thou re -- mem --- ber - me ? hust ine , Wilt thou re- - nem -- ber - ine , Wilt ...
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... thou ready to meet Death and Judgment ? Canft thou ftand in his Sight , who is of purer Eyes than to behold Iriquity ? Art Thou meet to be Partaker of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light ? Haft Thou fought a good Fight and kept the ...
... thou ready to meet Death and Judgment ? Canft thou ftand in his Sight , who is of purer Eyes than to behold Iriquity ? Art Thou meet to be Partaker of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light ? Haft Thou fought a good Fight and kept the ...
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... Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth ; and I have set thee so ; thou wast upon the holy mountain of God ; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire . Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast ...
... Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth ; and I have set thee so ; thou wast upon the holy mountain of God ; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire . Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast ...
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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