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To - day I am full of thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
To - day I am full of thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
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The poet does not wait for the hero or the sage , but , as they act and think primarily , so he writes primarily what ... and attempt to write them down , but we lose ever and anon a word , or a verse , and substitute something of our ...
The poet does not wait for the hero or the sage , but , as they act and think primarily , so he writes primarily what ... and attempt to write them down , but we lose ever and anon a word , or a verse , and substitute something of our ...
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The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled , the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue . Instantly , the book becomes noxious : the guide is a tyrant .
The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled , the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue . Instantly , the book becomes noxious : the guide is a tyrant .
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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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