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The soul says , Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things to its own ends . The soul strives amain to live and work through all things . It would be the only fact .
The soul says , Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things to its own ends . The soul strives amain to live and work through all things . It would be the only fact .
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the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to walk among them by a law of his own , make his own scale of men and things , and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honour , and represent the law in his own ...
the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to walk among them by a law of his own , make his own scale of men and things , and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honour , and represent the law in his own ...
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It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his ... Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , —means , teachers , texts ...
It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his ... Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , —means , teachers , texts ...
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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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