Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... object underneath the sun Will I behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. - Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . - Thou dost not , Martius , And , therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to ...
... object underneath the sun Will I behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. - Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . - Thou dost not , Martius , And , therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to ...
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... . But it finds its own success at last , and then the prudent also extol . Self - trust is the essence of heroism . It is the state of the soul at war , and its ultimate objects are the last defiance of falsehood and wrong , HEROISM .
... . But it finds its own success at last , and then the prudent also extol . Self - trust is the essence of heroism . It is the state of the soul at war , and its ultimate objects are the last defiance of falsehood and wrong , HEROISM .
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First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. objects are the last defiance of falsehood and wrong , and the power to bear all that can be inflicted by evil agents . It speaks the truth and it is just . It is generous , hospitable ...
First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. objects are the last defiance of falsehood and wrong , and the power to bear all that can be inflicted by evil agents . It speaks the truth and it is just . It is generous , hospitable ...
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... conversation in his new thoughts than any old friends , though best and purest , can give him ; for , the fig- ures , the motions , the words of the beloved object are not , like other images , written in LOVE . 23 PAGE.
... conversation in his new thoughts than any old friends , though best and purest , can give him ; for , the fig- ures , the motions , the words of the beloved object are not , like other images , written in LOVE . 23 PAGE.
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First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. object are not , like other images , written in water , but , as Plutarch said , " enamelled in fire , " and make the study of midnight . " Thou art not gone being gone , where e'er thou ...
First Series ; Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. object are not , like other images , written in water , but , as Plutarch said , " enamelled in fire , " and make the study of midnight . " Thou art not gone being gone , where e'er thou ...
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