Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 30
... equal , than that it should be glittering and unsteady . I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that ...
... equal , than that it should be glittering and unsteady . I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that ...
Page 56
... sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer an excess . for its moderation with its life . For every grain 56 56 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer an excess . for its moderation with its life . For every grain 56 56 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 67
... always transpires . The laws and sub- stances of nature water , snow , wind , gravitation-- become penalties to the thief . On the other hand , the law holds with equal sure- ness for all right action . Love , and you COMPENSATION 67.
... always transpires . The laws and sub- stances of nature water , snow , wind , gravitation-- become penalties to the thief . On the other hand , the law holds with equal sure- ness for all right action . Love , and you COMPENSATION 67.
Page 79
... equal reason . He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - pedler . There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the Stoics . We ...
... equal reason . He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - pedler . There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the Stoics . We ...
Page 115
... apathies , by epilepsies of wit and of animal spirits , in the heyday of friendship and thought . Our faculties do not play us true , and both parties are relieved by solitude . I ought to be equal to every relation . It FRIENDSHIP 115.
... apathies , by epilepsies of wit and of animal spirits , in the heyday of friendship and thought . Our faculties do not play us true , and both parties are relieved by solitude . I ought to be equal to every relation . It FRIENDSHIP 115.
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