The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... mean- ing of a ship or a cloud , of a city or a contract , but they prefer to come again to the solid ground of ... means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the ...
... mean- ing of a ship or a cloud , of a city or a contract , but they prefer to come again to the solid ground of ... means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the ...
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... mean things serve as well as great symbols . The meaner the type by which a law is expressed , the more pungent it is , and the more lasting in the memories of men ; just as we choose the smallest box or case in which any needful uten ...
... mean things serve as well as great symbols . The meaner the type by which a law is expressed , the more pungent it is , and the more lasting in the memories of men ; just as we choose the smallest box or case in which any needful uten ...
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... means as they can , to add this extraor dinary power to their normal powers ; and t this end they prize conversation , music , pictures , sculpture , dancing , theatres , travelling , war , mobs , - fires , gaming , politics , or love ...
... means as they can , to add this extraor dinary power to their normal powers ; and t this end they prize conversation , music , pictures , sculpture , dancing , theatres , travelling , war , mobs , - fires , gaming , politics , or love ...
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... mean condition to fire , which , though carried to the darkest house be- twixt this and the mount of Caucasus , will yet hold its natural office and burn as bright as if twenty thousand men did it behold ; when John saw , in the ...
... mean condition to fire , which , though carried to the darkest house be- twixt this and the mount of Caucasus , will yet hold its natural office and burn as bright as if twenty thousand men did it behold ; when John saw , in the ...
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... the magic of liberty , which puts the world like a ball in our hands . How cheap even the liberty then seems ; how mean to study , when an emotion communicates to the intellect the power to sap and upheave nature ; how 32 THE POET.
... the magic of liberty , which puts the world like a ball in our hands . How cheap even the liberty then seems ; how mean to study , when an emotion communicates to the intellect the power to sap and upheave nature ; how 32 THE POET.
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