The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... live by truth and stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression . Notwithstanding ...
... live by truth and stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression . Notwithstanding ...
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... live , -opaque , though they seem transparent , and from the heaven of truth I shall see and comprehend my relations . That will reconcile me to life and renovate nature , to see trifles animated by a tendency , and to know what I am ...
... live , -opaque , though they seem transparent , and from the heaven of truth I shall see and comprehend my relations . That will reconcile me to life and renovate nature , to see trifles animated by a tendency , and to know what I am ...
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... live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms and butch- ers , though they express their affection in their choice of life and not in their choice of words . The writer wonders what the coachman or the hunter values in riding ...
... live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms and butch- ers , though they express their affection in their choice of life and not in their choice of words . The writer wonders what the coachman or the hunter values in riding ...
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... live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men , must drink water out of a wooden bowl . ' For poetry is not Devil's wine , ' but God's wine . It is with this as it is with toys . We fill ...
... live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men , must drink water out of a wooden bowl . ' For poetry is not Devil's wine , ' but God's wine . It is with this as it is with toys . We fill ...
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... principle , and though we have health and reason , yet we have no superfluity of spirit for new creation ? We have enough to live and bring the year about , but not an ounce to impart or to invest . Ah that our Genius were.
... principle , and though we have health and reason , yet we have no superfluity of spirit for new creation ? We have enough to live and bring the year about , but not an ounce to impart or to invest . Ah that our Genius were.
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