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The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart , is true for all men , -that is genius .
The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart , is true for all men , -that is genius .
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pecially on great questions of thought , the company become aware of their unity ; aware that the thought rises to an equal height in all bosoms , that all have a spiritual property in what was said , as well as the sayer .
pecially on great questions of thought , the company become aware of their unity ; aware that the thought rises to an equal height in all bosoms , that all have a spiritual property in what was said , as well as the sayer .
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We are stung by the desire for new thought , but when we receive a new thought , it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own , we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched .
We are stung by the desire for new thought , but when we receive a new thought , it is only the old thought with a new face , and though we make it our own , we instantly crave another ; we are not really enriched .
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Complete works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | H. Altemus, 1999 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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