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The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with greybeards and in churches . Genius studies the casual thought , and , far back in the womb of things , sees the rays ...
The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with greybeards and in churches . Genius studies the casual thought , and , far back in the womb of things , sees the rays ...
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The cramping influence of a hard formalist on a young child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralysing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the ...
The cramping influence of a hard formalist on a young child in repressing his spirits and courage , paralysing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the ...
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I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser , who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions ...
I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser , who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions ...
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We love it and pay it homage , because it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have ...
We love it and pay it homage , because it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have ...
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If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of Our age us . our colleges , and is not installed in an office SELF ...
If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of Our age us . our colleges , and is not installed in an office SELF ...
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| Title | Essays, Volume 1 Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson Volume 6 of World's classics |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 354 pages |
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