The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... brain . It waits long , but its turn comes . Each plant has its parasite , and each created thing its lover and poet . Justice has already been done to steam , to iron , to wood , to coal , to loadstone , to iodine , to corn , and ...
... brain . It waits long , but its turn comes . Each plant has its parasite , and each created thing its lover and poet . Justice has already been done to steam , to iron , to wood , to coal , to loadstone , to iodine , to corn , and ...
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... brain , with solar and stellar creation . That is the moment of adult health , the culmination of power . Such is the history of Europe , in all points ; and such in philosophy . Its early records , almost perished , are of the im ...
... brain , with solar and stellar creation . That is the moment of adult health , the culmination of power . Such is the history of Europe , in all points ; and such in philosophy . Its early records , almost perished , are of the im ...
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... brain . Metaphysics and natural philosophy expressed the genius of Europe ; he sub- structs the religion of Asia , as the base . - In short , a balanced soul was born , perceptive of the two elements . It is as easy to be great as to be ...
... brain . Metaphysics and natural philosophy expressed the genius of Europe ; he sub- structs the religion of Asia , as the base . - In short , a balanced soul was born , perceptive of the two elements . It is as easy to be great as to be ...
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... brain , look glorious when prospectively beheld from the distant brain of ox , crocodile , and fish . It seems as if nature , in regarding the geologic night behind her , when , in five or six millenniums , she had turned out five or ...
... brain , look glorious when prospectively beheld from the distant brain of ox , crocodile , and fish . It seems as if nature , in regarding the geologic night behind her , when , in five or six millenniums , she had turned out five or ...
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... brain transparent , the trunk and organs shall be so much the grosser : instead of porcelain , they are potter's earth , clay , or mud . In modern times , no such remarkable example of this intro- verted mind has occurred , as in ...
... brain transparent , the trunk and organs shall be so much the grosser : instead of porcelain , they are potter's earth , clay , or mud . In modern times , no such remarkable example of this intro- verted mind has occurred , as in ...
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