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Page 123
... under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to - day . There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence .
... under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to - day . There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence .
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I who alone am , I who see nothing in nature whose existence I can affirm with equal evidence to my own , behold now the semblance of my being , in all its height , variety , and curiosity , reiterated in a foreign form ; so that a ...
I who alone am , I who see nothing in nature whose existence I can affirm with equal evidence to my own , behold now the semblance of my being , in all its height , variety , and curiosity , reiterated in a foreign form ; so that a ...
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The tint of the flower proceeds from its root , and the lustres of the sea - shell begin with its existence . Hence our taste in building rejects paint , and all shifts , and shows the original grain of the wood : refuses pilasters and ...
The tint of the flower proceeds from its root , and the lustres of the sea - shell begin with its existence . Hence our taste in building rejects paint , and all shifts , and shows the original grain of the wood : refuses pilasters and ...
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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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