Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. stand related in conversation and action with such a man , and are uneasy with fear . The same idea exalts conversation with him . We talk better than we are wont . We have the nimblest fancy , a richer ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. stand related in conversation and action with such a man , and are uneasy with fear . The same idea exalts conversation with him . We talk better than we are wont . We have the nimblest fancy , a richer ...
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... conversation , which is the practice and con- summation of friendship . Do not mix waters too much . The best mix as ill as good and bad . You shall have very useful and cheering discourse at several times with two several men , but let ...
... conversation , which is the practice and con- summation of friendship . Do not mix waters too much . The best mix as ill as good and bad . You shall have very useful and cheering discourse at several times with two several men , but let ...
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... conversation between two persons , tacit reference is made as to a third party , to a common nature . That third party or common nature is not social ; it is impersonal ; is God . And so in groups where debate is earnest , and ...
... conversation between two persons , tacit reference is made as to a third party , to a common nature . That third party or common nature is not social ; it is impersonal ; is God . And so in groups where debate is earnest , and ...
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