The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 22
... a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her king- doms , insures herself . Nobody cares for plant- ing the poor fungus ; so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one 22 THE POET.
... a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her king- doms , insures herself . Nobody cares for plant- ing the poor fungus ; so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one 22 THE POET.
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... poor and hungry , and such as are of simple taste . If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York , with fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of ...
... poor and hungry , and such as are of simple taste . If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York , with fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of ...
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... poor shepherd , who , blinded and lost in the snow - storm , perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door , is an emblem of the state of man . On the brink of the waters of life and truth , we are miserably dying . The ...
... poor shepherd , who , blinded and lost in the snow - storm , perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door , is an emblem of the state of man . On the brink of the waters of life and truth , we are miserably dying . The ...
Page 81
... finger they will drown him . They wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices , but not from their vices . Charity would be wasted on this poor waiting on the symp- I toms . A wise and hardy physician will say , III EXPERIENCE 81.
... finger they will drown him . They wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices , but not from their vices . Charity would be wasted on this poor waiting on the symp- I toms . A wise and hardy physician will say , III EXPERIENCE 81.
Page 95
... poor slave - captain's mind ; and cannot these be supposed available to break or elude or in any manner overmatch the ten- sion of an inch or two of iron ring ? This is a natural power , like light and heat , and all nature coöperates ...
... poor slave - captain's mind ; and cannot these be supposed available to break or elude or in any manner overmatch the ten- sion of an inch or two of iron ring ? This is a natural power , like light and heat , and all nature coöperates ...
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