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But concert is neither better nor worse , neither more nor less potent than individual force . All the men in the world cannot make a statue walk and speak , cannot make a drop of blood , or a blade of grass , any more than one man can ...
But concert is neither better nor worse , neither more nor less potent than individual force . All the men in the world cannot make a statue walk and speak , cannot make a drop of blood , or a blade of grass , any more than one man can ...
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But beyond this recognition of its own in particular passages of the individual's experience , it also reveals truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain ...
But beyond this recognition of its own in particular passages of the individual's experience , it also reveals truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain ...
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The tendencies of the times favour the idea of self - government , and leave the individual , for all code , to the rewards and penalties of his own constitution , which work with more energy than we believe , whilst we depend on ...
The tendencies of the times favour the idea of self - government , and leave the individual , for all code , to the rewards and penalties of his own constitution , which work with more energy than we believe , whilst we depend on ...
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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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