The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... common wealth . The young man reveres men of genius , because , to speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They receive of the soul as he also receives , but they more . Nature enhances her beauty , to the of loving men , from ...
... common wealth . The young man reveres men of genius , because , to speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They receive of the soul as he also receives , but they more . Nature enhances her beauty , to the of loving men , from ...
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... common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sunlight ; the air should suffice for his inspiration , and he should be tipsy with water . That spirit which suffices quiet hearts , which seems to come ...
... common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sunlight ; the air should suffice for his inspiration , and he should be tipsy with water . That spirit which suffices quiet hearts , which seems to come ...
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... common daily relations through the masquerade of birds and beasts ; we take the cheerful hint of the immortality of our essence and its versatile habit and escapes , as when the gypsies say of them- selves " it is in vain to hang them ...
... common daily relations through the masquerade of birds and beasts ; we take the cheerful hint of the immortality of our essence and its versatile habit and escapes , as when the gypsies say of them- selves " it is in vain to hang them ...
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... common - sense is as rare as genius , —is the basis of genius , and experience is hands and feet to every enterprise ; -- ―― and yet , he who should do his business on this understanding would be quickly bankrupt . Power keeps quite ...
... common - sense is as rare as genius , —is the basis of genius , and experience is hands and feet to every enterprise ; -- ―― and yet , he who should do his business on this understanding would be quickly bankrupt . Power keeps quite ...
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... common gifts , necessity makes perti- nences and beauty every day , and one is glad when an imperative leaves him no option ; since if the man at the door have no shoes , you have not to consider whether you could procure him a paint ...
... common gifts , necessity makes perti- nences and beauty every day , and one is glad when an imperative leaves him no option ; since if the man at the door have no shoes , you have not to consider whether you could procure him a paint ...
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