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The soul makes the body , as the wise Spenser teaches :“ So every spirit , as it is more pure , And hath in it the more of beavenly light , So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in , and it more fairly dight , With cheerful grace ...
The soul makes the body , as the wise Spenser teaches :“ So every spirit , as it is more pure , And hath in it the more of beavenly light , So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in , and it more fairly dight , With cheerful grace ...
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The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body . That is not an inspiration which ...
The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body . That is not an inspiration which ...
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In the Shakers , so called , I find one piece of belief in the doctrine which they faithfully hold , that encourages them to open their doors to every wayfaring man who proposes to come among them ; for , they say , the Spirit will ...
In the Shakers , so called , I find one piece of belief in the doctrine which they faithfully hold , that encourages them to open their doors to every wayfaring man who proposes to come among them ; for , they say , the Spirit will ...
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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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