The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... borg saw that things were representative . Men are also rep- resentative ; first , of things , and secondly , of ideas . — Behmen and Sweden- - As plants convert the minerals into food for animals USES OF GREAT MEN . 7 བ.
... borg saw that things were representative . Men are also rep- resentative ; first , of things , and secondly , of ideas . — Behmen and Sweden- - As plants convert the minerals into food for animals USES OF GREAT MEN . 7 བ.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. - As plants convert the minerals into food for animals , so each man converts some raw material in nature to human use . The inventors of fire , electricity , magnetism , iron , lead , glass , linen , silk , cotton ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. - As plants convert the minerals into food for animals , so each man converts some raw material in nature to human use . The inventors of fire , electricity , magnetism , iron , lead , glass , linen , silk , cotton ...
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... animal spirits , make us considerate , and engage us to new aims and powers . The veneration of mankind selects these for the highest place . Witness the multitude of statues , pictures , and memorials which recall their genius in every ...
... animal spirits , make us considerate , and engage us to new aims and powers . The veneration of mankind selects these for the highest place . Witness the multitude of statues , pictures , and memorials which recall their genius in every ...
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... animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect animals . The ever - proceeding detachment appears not less in all thought , and in society . Children think they cannot live without their parents . But , long before they ...
... animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect animals . The ever - proceeding detachment appears not less in all thought , and in society . Children think they cannot live without their parents . But , long before they ...
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... , whilst he lives , to scatter the seeds of science and of song , that climate , corn , animals , men , may be milder , and the germs of love and benefit may be multiplied . II . PLATO ; OR , THE PHILOSOPHER . PLATO 20 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... , whilst he lives , to scatter the seeds of science and of song , that climate , corn , animals , men , may be milder , and the germs of love and benefit may be multiplied . II . PLATO ; OR , THE PHILOSOPHER . PLATO 20 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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