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The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion , is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sid . ney's maxim ...
The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion , is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sid . ney's maxim ...
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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 adroit steering , not in gentle ...
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 adroit steering , not in gentle ...
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Today , I am full of thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
Today , I am full of thoughts , and can write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expression to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the ...
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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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