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Page xxiii
... pass briefly in review , -without developing , however , many of their implications . According to Emerson the ... passes to every other thing , INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
... pass briefly in review , -without developing , however , many of their implications . According to Emerson the ... passes to every other thing , INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
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... pass for what he is , and to speak from his character , and not from his tongue , and which ever- more tends to pass into our thought and hand , and become wisdom , and virtue , and power , and beauty . We live in succession , in ...
... pass for what he is , and to speak from his character , and not from his tongue , and which ever- more tends to pass into our thought and hand , and become wisdom , and virtue , and power , and beauty . We live in succession , in ...
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... pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about con- sequences , about interests ; he gives an ...
... pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about con- sequences , about interests ; he gives an ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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