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The mind is one , and the best minds , who love truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully everywhere , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand ...
The mind is one , and the best minds , who love truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully everywhere , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand ...
Page 78
In the book I read , the good thought returns to me , as every truth will , the image of the whole soul . To the bad thought which I find in it , the same soul becomes a discerning , separating sword , and lops it away .
In the book I read , the good thought returns to me , as every truth will , the image of the whole soul . To the bad thought which I find in it , the same soul becomes a discerning , separating sword , and lops it away .
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Some clod the truth has snatched from the ground , and with fire has fashioned to a momentary man . Without the truth , he is a clod again . Let him find his superiority in not wishing , superiority ; find the riches of love which ...
Some clod the truth has snatched from the ground , and with fire has fashioned to a momentary man . Without the truth , he is a clod again . Let him find his superiority in not wishing , superiority ; find the riches of love which ...
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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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