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A simple mind will not know these enemies. It is quite another thing that he should be able to give account of his faith, and expound to another the theory of his self -union and freedom. This requires rare gifts. Yet without this self- ...
A simple mind will not know these enemies. It is quite another thing that he should be able to give account of his faith, and expound to another the theory of his self -union and freedom. This requires rare gifts. Yet without this self- ...
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Or why need you torment yourself and friend by secret self - reproaches that you have not assisted him or com . plimented him with gifts and salutations heretofore ? Be a gift and a benediction . Shine with real light , and not with the ...
Or why need you torment yourself and friend by secret self - reproaches that you have not assisted him or com . plimented him with gifts and salutations heretofore ? Be a gift and a benediction . Shine with real light , and not with the ...
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These use their gifts to refine luxury , not to abolish it . Genius is always ascetic ; and piety and love . Appetite shows to the finer souls as a disease , and they find beauty in rites and bounds that resist it .
These use their gifts to refine luxury , not to abolish it . Genius is always ascetic ; and piety and love . Appetite shows to the finer souls as a disease , and they find beauty in rites and bounds that resist it .
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Complete works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | H. Altemus, 1923 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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