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So is it in respect to condition and character . We honor the rich because they have externally the freedom , power and grace which we feel to be proper to man , proper to us . So all that is said of the wise man by stoic or oriental or ...
So is it in respect to condition and character . We honor the rich because they have externally the freedom , power and grace which we feel to be proper to man , proper to us . So all that is said of the wise man by stoic or oriental or ...
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A wise man will extend this lesson to all parts of life , and know that it is always the part of prudence to face every claimant , and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last ...
A wise man will extend this lesson to all parts of life , and know that it is always the part of prudence to face every claimant , and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last ...
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The last analysis can no wise be made . We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and ...
The last analysis can no wise be made . We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and ...
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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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