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The Greek had , it seems , the same fellow beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems ...
The Greek had , it seems , the same fellow beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems ...
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Every one seems to be contradicted by the new ; it is only limited by the new . The new statement is always hated by the old , and , to those dwelling in the old , comes like an abyss of skepticism . But the eye soon gets wonted to it ...
Every one seems to be contradicted by the new ; it is only limited by the new . The new statement is always hated by the old , and , to those dwelling in the old , comes like an abyss of skepticism . But the eye soon gets wonted to it ...
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When at long intervals , we turn over their abstruse pages , wonderful seems the calm and grand air of these few , these great spiritual lords , who have walked in the world , these of the old religion , -dwelling in a worship which ...
When at long intervals , we turn over their abstruse pages , wonderful seems the calm and grand air of these few , these great spiritual lords , who have walked in the world , these of the old religion , -dwelling in a worship which ...
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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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