The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... come to entertain its powers . a sober grace If we limit ourselves to the first advantages ; adheres to the mineral and botanic kingdoms , which , in the highest moments , comes up as the charm of nature , - the glitter of the spar ...
... come to entertain its powers . a sober grace If we limit ourselves to the first advantages ; adheres to the mineral and botanic kingdoms , which , in the highest moments , comes up as the charm of nature , - the glitter of the spar ...
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... comes later . We speak now only of our acquaint- ance with them in their own sphere , and the way in which they seem to fascinate and draw to them some genius who oc- cupies himself with one thing , all his life long . The possibil- ity ...
... comes later . We speak now only of our acquaint- ance with them in their own sphere , and the way in which they seem to fascinate and draw to them some genius who oc- cupies himself with one thing , all his life long . The possibil- ity ...
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... comes , and none will . His class is extinguished with him . In some other and quite different field , the next man will appear ; not Jefferson , not Franklin , but now a great salesman ; then a road - contractor ; then a student of ...
... comes , and none will . His class is extinguished with him . In some other and quite different field , the next man will appear ; not Jefferson , not Franklin , but now a great salesman ; then a road - contractor ; then a student of ...
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... comes to mind that a day is gone , and I have got this precious nothing done . I go to Boston or New York , and run up and down on my af- fairs they are sped , but so is the day . I am vexed by the recollection of this price I have paid ...
... comes to mind that a day is gone , and I have got this precious nothing done . I go to Boston or New York , and run up and down on my af- fairs they are sped , but so is the day . I am vexed by the recollection of this price I have paid ...
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... come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought . Great havoc makes he among our originalities . We have reached the mountain from which all these drift boulders were detached . The Bible of the learned for ...
... come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought . Great havoc makes he among our originalities . We have reached the mountain from which all these drift boulders were detached . The Bible of the learned for ...
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