Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of Rea- son , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualifica- tion . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary of the Intuitions . That ...
... proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of Rea- son , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualifica- tion . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary of the Intuitions . That ...
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. and all languages by flights of proverbs , whose teaching is as true and as ... proverb , " I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin , " is sound phi- Tosophy . All infractions of love ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. and all languages by flights of proverbs , whose teaching is as true and as ... proverb , " I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin , " is sound phi- Tosophy . All infractions of love ...
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... proverb says , " that in battles , the eye is first overcome . " The eye is daunted , and greatly exaggerates the perils of the hour . Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to life than a match at foils or ...
... proverb says , " that in battles , the eye is first overcome . " The eye is daunted , and greatly exaggerates the perils of the hour . Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to life than a match at foils or ...
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