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The whole creation is made of hooks and eyes , of bitumen , of sticking - plaster , and whether your community is made in Jerusalem or in California , of saints or of wreckers , it coheres in a perfect ball .
The whole creation is made of hooks and eyes , of bitumen , of sticking - plaster , and whether your community is made in Jerusalem or in California , of saints or of wreckers , it coheres in a perfect ball .
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But none is quite perfect . As po air - pump can by any means make a perfect vacuum , so neither can any artist entirely exclude the conventional , the local , the perishable , from his book , or write a book of pure thought ...
But none is quite perfect . As po air - pump can by any means make a perfect vacuum , so neither can any artist entirely exclude the conventional , the local , the perishable , from his book , or write a book of pure thought ...
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... or cause them to be read , till the attention be weary , or memory have its perfect fraught ; then with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness , to render lightsome , clear , and not lumpish obedience ...
... or cause them to be read , till the attention be weary , or memory have its perfect fraught ; then with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness , to render lightsome , clear , and not lumpish obedience ...
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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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