The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... present and the future are always rivals . Animal spirits constitute the power of the present , and their feats are like the structure of a pyramid . Their result is a lord , 12 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
... present and the future are always rivals . Animal spirits constitute the power of the present , and their feats are like the structure of a pyramid . Their result is a lord , 12 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. III ART I FRAMED his tongue to music , I armed his hand with skill , I moulded his face to beauty And his heart the throne of Will 1 " - A ART LL departments of life at the present III.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. III ART I FRAMED his tongue to music , I armed his hand with skill , I moulded his face to beauty And his heart the throne of Will 1 " - A ART LL departments of life at the present III.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. A ART LL departments of life at the present day Trade , Politics , Letters , Science , or - Religion - seem to feel , and to labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. A ART LL departments of life at the present day Trade , Politics , Letters , Science , or - Religion - seem to feel , and to labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate ...
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... present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a merely superficial value . Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy . Personal ascendency may exist with or without adequate talent for ...
... present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a merely superficial value . Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy . Personal ascendency may exist with or without adequate talent for ...
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