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Page 17
... these varied external expressions proceed from one national mind . Every one must have observed faces and forms which , without any resembling feature , make a like impression on the beholder . A particular picture or copy of verses ...
... these varied external expressions proceed from one national mind . Every one must have observed faces and forms which , without any resembling feature , make a like impression on the beholder . A particular picture or copy of verses ...
Page 238
... is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-Soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other ; that common heart, ...
... is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-Soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other ; that common heart, ...
Page 248
But beyond this recognition of its own in particular passages of the individual's experience , it also reveals truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain ...
But beyond this recognition of its own in particular passages of the individual's experience , it also reveals truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain ...
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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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