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Having imagined and invested him , we ask how we should stand related in conversation and action with such a man , and are uneasy with fear . The same idea exalts conversation with him . We talk better than we are wont .
Having imagined and invested him , we ask how we should stand related in conversation and action with such a man , and are uneasy with fear . The same idea exalts conversation with him . We talk better than we are wont .
Page 142
But I find this law of one to one peremptory for conversation , which is the practice and consummation of friendship . Do not mix waters too much . The best mix as ill as good and bad . You shall have very useful and cheering discourse ...
But I find this law of one to one peremptory for conversation , which is the practice and consummation of friendship . Do not mix waters too much . The best mix as ill as good and bad . You shall have very useful and cheering discourse ...
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To these endowments it must be added , that his address and his conversation were worthy of his fame . His house was resorted to by men of wit , and foreigners came to England , we are told , “ to see the Lord Protector and Mr. Milton .
To these endowments it must be added , that his address and his conversation were worthy of his fame . His house was resorted to by men of wit , and foreigners came to England , we are told , “ to see the Lord Protector and Mr. Milton .
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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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