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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. ESSAY VII PRUDENCE 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 invent- ing of means and ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. ESSAY VII PRUDENCE 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 invent- ing of means and ...
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... prudence , which is a devotion to matter as if we possessed no other faculties than the palate , the nose , the touch , the eye and ear ; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three , which never subscribes , which gives never , which ...
... prudence , which is a devotion to matter as if we possessed no other faculties than the palate , the nose , the touch , the eye and ear ; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three , which never subscribes , which gives never , which ...
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... prudence , to what god he devotes it ; if to ease and pleasure , he had better be prudent still ; if to a great ... prudence is the lowest prudence . Is this too sudden a rushing from the centre to the verge of our orbit ? Think how 168 ...
... prudence , to what god he devotes it ; if to ease and pleasure , he had better be prudent still ; if to a great ... prudence is the lowest prudence . Is this too sudden a rushing from the centre to the verge of our orbit ? Think how 168 ...
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