The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitudeHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1912 |
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... plant trees . He could not enough conceal himself . Set a hedge here ; set oaks there , — trees behind trees ; above all , set evergreens , for they will keep a secret all the year round . The most agreeable compliment you could pay him ...
... plant trees . He could not enough conceal himself . Set a hedge here ; set oaks there , — trees behind trees ; above all , set evergreens , for they will keep a secret all the year round . The most agreeable compliment you could pay him ...
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... hungers , but eats . The man not only thinks , but speaks and acts . Every thought that arises in the mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every plant , in the moment of germination , struggles up to light.
... hungers , but eats . The man not only thinks , but speaks and acts . Every thought that arises in the mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every plant , in the moment of germination , struggles up to light.
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... plant or a crystal . ' The whole language of men , especially of artists , in reference to this subject , points at the belief that every work of art , in proportion to its excellence , partakes of the precision of fate : no room was ...
... plant or a crystal . ' The whole language of men , especially of artists , in reference to this subject , points at the belief that every work of art , in proportion to its excellence , partakes of the precision of fate : no room was ...
Page 103
... plant the mother's breast and the father's house . The size of the nestler is comic , and its tiny beseeching weakness is compensated per- fectly by the happy patronizing look of the mother , who is a sort of high reposing Provi- dence ...
... plant the mother's breast and the father's house . The size of the nestler is comic , and its tiny beseeching weakness is compensated per- fectly by the happy patronizing look of the mother , who is a sort of high reposing Provi- dence ...
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... represents continuous hard labor , year in , year out , and small gains . He is a slow person , timed to Nature , and not to city watches . He takes the pace of seasons , - plants and chemistry . Nature never hurries : atom 138 FARMING.
... represents continuous hard labor , year in , year out , and small gains . He is a slow person , timed to Nature , and not to city watches . He takes the pace of seasons , - plants and chemistry . Nature never hurries : atom 138 FARMING.
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