Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 19
... true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the sufficent reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work , as every spine and tint in the sea - shell pre ...
... true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the sufficent reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work , as every spine and tint in the sea - shell pre ...
Page 248
... true is true , and that what is false is false , this is the mark and character of intelligence . " In the book I read , the good thought returns to me , as every truth will , the image of the whole soul . To the bad thought which I ...
... true is true , and that what is false is false , this is the mark and character of intelligence . " In the book I read , the good thought returns to me , as every truth will , the image of the whole soul . To the bad thought which I ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. true , forsooth , our crimes may be lively stones out of which we shall construct the temple of the true God . I am not careful to justify myself . I own I am gladdened by seeing the predominance of the saccharine ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. true , forsooth , our crimes may be lively stones out of which we shall construct the temple of the true God . I am not careful to justify myself . I own I am gladdened by seeing the predominance of the saccharine ...
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