Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 89
... thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expres- sion , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world ; but ...
... thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expres- sion , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world ; but ...
Page 113
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
Page 263
... thought or motive of mine be different from that they are , the difference will transform my condition and economy . I - this thought which is called I - is the mould into which the world is poured like melted The mould is invisible ...
... thought or motive of mine be different from that they are , the difference will transform my condition and economy . I - this thought which is called I - is the mould into which the world is poured like melted The mould is invisible ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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