Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 77
... 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 , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
... 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 , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
Page 78
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
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... truth ; but who is he ? 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 ...
... truth ; but who is he ? 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 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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