Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 76
... , the society , letters , arts , science , religion of men , would go on far better than now , and the Heaven predicted from the beginning of you the world , and still predicted from the bottom of 76 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... , the society , letters , arts , science , religion of men , would go on far better than now , and the Heaven predicted from the beginning of you the world , and still predicted from the bottom of 76 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 112
... religion . We are to dignify to each other the daily needs and offices of man's life , and embellish it by courage , wisdom and unity . It should never fall into something usual and settled , but should be alert and inventive , and add ...
... religion . We are to dignify to each other the daily needs and offices of man's life , and embellish it by courage , wisdom and unity . It should never fall into something usual and settled , but should be alert and inventive , and add ...
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... religion . The field cannot be well seen from within the field . The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to find the parallax of any star . Therefore , we value the poet . All the argument , and all the ...
... religion . The field cannot be well seen from within the field . The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to find the parallax of any star . Therefore , we value the poet . All the argument , and all the ...
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