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" Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself" and the modern precept, "Study nature, "
The North British Review - Page 261
1867
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study Nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study Nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study Nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in^fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar is, the mind of the...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fhre, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar is, the mind of the...
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American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880

John Nichol - 1882 - 492 pages
...give a brief r6sum6 of the address to which the closing sentences refer, as it strikes the keynote of much of its author's philosophy. Mr. Emerson begins...warped by it out of our natural orbit. We hear that 1 This criticism appears among the Essays of Mr. Lowell. we may speak. One must be an inventor to read...
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American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880

John Nichol - 1882 - 496 pages
...give a brief rtsumt of the address to which the closing sentences refer, as it strikes the keynote of much of its author's philosophy. Mr. Emerson begins...warped by it out of our natural orbit. We hear that 1 This criticism appears among the Essays of Mr. Lowell. we may speak. One must be an inventor to read...
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