The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... person charging this material is responsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below . Theft , mutilation , and underlining of books are reasons for discipli- nary action and ...
... person charging this material is responsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below . Theft , mutilation , and underlining of books are reasons for discipli- nary action and ...
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... persons who have acquired some persons knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures , and have an inclination for whatever is elegant ; but if you inquire whether they are beautiful souls , and whether their own acts are like fair ...
... persons who have acquired some persons knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures , and have an inclination for whatever is elegant ; but if you inquire whether they are beautiful souls , and whether their own acts are like fair ...
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... person in whom these powers are in bal- ance , the man without impediment , who sees and handles that which others dream of , trav- erses the whole scale of experience , and is repre- sentative of man , in virtue of being the largest ...
... person in whom these powers are in bal- ance , the man without impediment , who sees and handles that which others dream of , trav- erses the whole scale of experience , and is repre- sentative of man , in virtue of being the largest ...
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... person , may put the key into our hands . Of course the value of genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind in good earnest have availed so far in under- standing ...
... person , may put the key into our hands . Of course the value of genius to us is in the veracity of its report . Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind in good earnest have availed so far in under- standing ...
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... persons who look on it become silent . The poet also resigns himself to his mood , and that thought which agitated him is expressed , but alter idem , in a manner totally new . The expres- sion is organic , or the new type which things ...
... persons who look on it become silent . The poet also resigns himself to his mood , and that thought which agitated him is expressed , but alter idem , in a manner totally new . The expres- sion is organic , or the new type which things ...
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