Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 11
... appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was undoubtedly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
... appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was undoubtedly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
Page 18
... appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the ...
... appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the ...
Page 21
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests , and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded , that is , by such a profile and out- line , is not the virtual Napoleon ...
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests , and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded , that is , by such a profile and out- line , is not the virtual Napoleon ...
Page 34
... appear- ances , and you always may . The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ...
... appear- ances , and you always may . The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ...
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... the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or Instinct . We denote this primary wisdom 36 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or Instinct . We denote this primary wisdom 36 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
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