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First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. LIBRARY OF Alden R. Hoover , No 0625561 LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 1819 OF VIRGINIA GIFT OF MRS . A. R. HOOVER BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON FIRST SERIES New and Revised Edition.
First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. LIBRARY OF Alden R. Hoover , No 0625561 LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 1819 OF VIRGINIA GIFT OF MRS . A. R. HOOVER BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON FIRST SERIES New and Revised Edition.
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... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is ...
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... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
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... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of 54 SELF - RELIANCE .
... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of 54 SELF - RELIANCE .
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... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
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