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Though no checks to a new evil appear , the checks exist , and will appear . If the government is cruel , the governor's life is not safe . If you tax too high , the revenue will yield nothing . If you make the criminal code sanguinary ...
Though no checks to a new evil appear , the checks exist , and will appear . If the government is cruel , the governor's life is not safe . If you tax too high , the revenue will yield nothing . If you make the criminal code sanguinary ...
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And instantly the mind inquires , whether these fishes under the bridge , yonder oxen in the pasture , those dogs in the yard , are immutably fishes , oxen , and dogs , or only so appear to me , and perchance to ...
And instantly the mind inquires , whether these fishes under the bridge , yonder oxen in the pasture , those dogs in the yard , are immutably fishes , oxen , and dogs , or only so appear to me , and perchance to ...
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If he have this twofold goodness , -the drill and the inspiration , —then he has health ; then he is a whole , and not a fragment ; and the perfection of his endowment will appear in his compositions . Indeed , this twofold merit ...
If he have this twofold goodness , -the drill and the inspiration , —then he has health ; then he is a whole , and not a fragment ; and the perfection of his endowment will appear in his compositions . Indeed , this twofold merit ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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| Title | Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson The Camelot series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | W. Scott, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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