The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... earth . He admired in Newton not so much his theory of the moon as his letter to Collins , in which he forbade him to insert his name with the solution of the problem in the Philosophical Trans- actions : " It would perhaps increase my ...
... earth . He admired in Newton not so much his theory of the moon as his letter to Collins , in which he forbade him to insert his name with the solution of the problem in the Philosophical Trans- actions : " It would perhaps increase my ...
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... the distance of half the earth . " 2 of a Right position of woman in the State is an- other index . Poverty and industry with a healthy mind read very easily the laws of hu manity , and love them : place the sexes in CIVILIZATION 23.
... the distance of half the earth . " 2 of a Right position of woman in the State is an- other index . Poverty and industry with a healthy mind read very easily the laws of hu manity , and love them : place the sexes in CIVILIZATION 23.
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... earth were full of Electri- - city , and always going our way , just the way we wanted to send . Would he take a message ? Just as lief as not ; had nothing else to do ; would carry it in no time . Only one doubt occurred , one ...
... earth were full of Electri- - city , and always going our way , just the way we wanted to send . Would he take a message ? Just as lief as not ; had nothing else to do ; would carry it in no time . Only one doubt occurred , one ...
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... earth's orbit , say two hundred millions of miles , between his first ob- servation and his second , and this line afforded him a respectable base for his triangle . ―― by All our arts aim to win this vantage . We can- not bring the ...
... earth's orbit , say two hundred millions of miles , between his first ob- servation and his second , and this line afforded him a respectable base for his triangle . ―― by All our arts aim to win this vantage . We can- not bring the ...
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... earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , — so do the masterpieces of art . The galleries of ancient sculpture in Naples and Rome strike no deeper conviction into the mind than the contrast of the purity , the severity ...
... earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , — so do the masterpieces of art . The galleries of ancient sculpture in Naples and Rome strike no deeper conviction into the mind than the contrast of the purity , the severity ...
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