The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... gives them a power which makes their old use forgotten , and puts eyes and a tongue into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and ...
... gives them a power which makes their old use forgotten , and puts eyes and a tongue into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and ...
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... gives us the lethe to drink , that we may tell no tales , mixed the cup too strongly , and we cannot shake off the lethargy now at noonday . Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes , as night hovers all day in the boughs of the ...
... gives us the lethe to drink , that we may tell no tales , mixed the cup too strongly , and we cannot shake off the lethargy now at noonday . Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes , as night hovers all day in the boughs of the ...
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... give them the occasion to profane them . I saw a gracious gentleman who adapts his conversation to the form of the head of the man he talks with ! I had fancied that the value of life lay in its inscrutable pos- sibilities ; in the fact ...
... give them the occasion to profane them . I saw a gracious gentleman who adapts his conversation to the form of the head of the man he talks with ! I had fancied that the value of life lay in its inscrutable pos- sibilities ; in the fact ...
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... gives me tidings of their mood , and some vague guess at the new fact , but is nowise to be trusted as the lasting relation between that intellect and that thing . The child asks , Mamma , why don't I like the story as well as when you ...
... gives me tidings of their mood , and some vague guess at the new fact , but is nowise to be trusted as the lasting relation between that intellect and that thing . The child asks , Mamma , why don't I like the story as well as when you ...
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... give the symmetry we seek . The The party - colored wheel must revolve very fast to appear white . Something is earned too by conversing with so much folly and defect . In fine , whoever loses , we are always of the gaining party ...
... give the symmetry we seek . The The party - colored wheel must revolve very fast to appear white . Something is earned too by conversing with so much folly and defect . In fine , whoever loses , we are always of the gaining party ...
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