Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 36
... , or we shall see nothing , learn nothing , keep nothing . What befell Asdru- bal or Cæsar Borgia is as much an illustra- tion of the mind's powers and deprivations as what has befallen us . Each new law and 36 HISTORY .
... , or we shall see nothing , learn nothing , keep nothing . What befell Asdru- bal or Cæsar Borgia is as much an illustra- tion of the mind's powers and deprivations as what has befallen us . Each new law and 36 HISTORY .
Page 39
... keep a fact a fact . Babylon and Troy , and Tyre , and even early Rome are passing already into fiction . The Garden of Eden , the Sun standing still in Gibeon , is poetry thenceforward to all na- tions . Who cares what the fact was ...
... keep a fact a fact . Babylon and Troy , and Tyre , and even early Rome are passing already into fiction . The Garden of Eden , the Sun standing still in Gibeon , is poetry thenceforward to all na- tions . Who cares what the fact was ...
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... you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness SELF - RELIANCE . 69.
... you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness SELF - RELIANCE . 69.
Page 70
First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force ...
First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force ...
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... keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this mon- strous corpse of your memory , lest you con- tradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should con- tradict yourself ; what then ? It seems to ...
... keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this mon- strous corpse of your memory , lest you con- tradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should con- tradict yourself ; what then ? It seems to ...
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