The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 9
... draw to them some genius who oc- cupies himself with one thing , all his life long . The possibil- ity of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed . Each material thing has its celestial side ; has its ...
... draw to them some genius who oc- cupies himself with one thing , all his life long . The possibil- ity of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed . Each material thing has its celestial side ; has its ...
Page 11
... draws their map ; and , by acquainting us with new fields of activity , cools our affection for the old . These are at once accepted as the reality , of which the world we have conversed with is the show . We go to the gymnasium and the ...
... draws their map ; and , by acquainting us with new fields of activity , cools our affection for the old . These are at once accepted as the reality , of which the world we have conversed with is the show . We go to the gymnasium and the ...
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... drawing all men by fascination into tributaries and sup- porters of his power . Sword and staff , or talents sword - like or staff - like , carry on the work of the world . But I find him greater , when he can abolish himself , and all ...
... drawing all men by fascination into tributaries and sup- porters of his power . Sword and staff , or talents sword - like or staff - like , carry on the work of the world . But I find him greater , when he can abolish himself , and all ...
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... drawn , the more we are repelled . There is something not solid in the good that is done for us . The best discovery the discoverer makes for himself . It has something unreal for his companion , until he too has substantiated it . It ...
... drawn , the more we are repelled . There is something not solid in the good that is done for us . The best discovery the discoverer makes for himself . It has something unreal for his companion , until he too has substantiated it . It ...
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... draws all its philosophy , in its hand - book of morals , the Akhlak - y - Jalaly , from him . Mysticism finds in Plato all its texts . This citizen of a town in Greece is no villager nor patriot . An Englishman reads and says , ' how ...
... draws all its philosophy , in its hand - book of morals , the Akhlak - y - Jalaly , from him . Mysticism finds in Plato all its texts . This citizen of a town in Greece is no villager nor patriot . An Englishman reads and says , ' how ...
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