Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. PRUDENCE . WHAT right have I to write on Prudence , whereof I have little , and that of the negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoiding and going without , not in the inventing of means and methods , not in ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. PRUDENCE . WHAT right have I to write on Prudence , whereof I have little , and that of the negative sort ? My prudence consists in avoiding and going without , not in the inventing of means and methods , not in ...
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... prudence , which is a de- votion to matter as if we possessed no other fac- ulties than the palate , the nose , the touch , the eye and ear ; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three , which never subscribes , which gives never , which ...
... prudence , which is a de- votion to matter as if we possessed no other fac- ulties than the palate , the nose , the touch , the eye and ear ; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three , which never subscribes , which gives never , which ...
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... prudence to counsel , and ask why health and beauty and genius should now be the excep- tion , rather than the rule of human nature ? We do not know the properties of plants and animals and the laws of nature through our sympathy with ...
... prudence to counsel , and ask why health and beauty and genius should now be the excep- tion , rather than the rule of human nature ? We do not know the properties of plants and animals and the laws of nature through our sympathy with ...
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