The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 10
... equal to his best parts , " . of Falkland ; " who was so severe an adorer of truth , that he could as easily have given himself leave to steal , as to dissemble . " We cannot read Plutarch , without a tingling of the blood ; and I ...
... equal to his best parts , " . of Falkland ; " who was so severe an adorer of truth , that he could as easily have given himself leave to steal , as to dissemble . " We cannot read Plutarch , without a tingling of the blood ; and I ...
Page 11
... equal inward force to guide the great machine ! This pleasure of full ex- pression to that which , in their private experience , is usually cramped and obstructed , runs , also , much higher , and is the secret of the reader's joy in ...
... equal inward force to guide the great machine ! This pleasure of full ex- pression to that which , in their private experience , is usually cramped and obstructed , runs , also , much higher , and is the secret of the reader's joy in ...
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... equal to his office ; captains , ministers , senators . I like a master standing firm on legs of iron , well - born , rich , handsome , eloquent , loaded with advan- tages , drawing all men by fascination into tributaries and sup ...
... equal to his office ; captains , ministers , senators . I like a master standing firm on legs of iron , well - born , rich , handsome , eloquent , loaded with advan- tages , drawing all men by fascination into tributaries and sup ...
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... equal scope for every creature . Each is uneasy until he has produced his private ray unto the concave sphere , and beheld his talent also in its last nobility and exaltation . The heroes of the hour are relatively great : of a faster ...
... equal scope for every creature . Each is uneasy until he has produced his private ray unto the concave sphere , and beheld his talent also in its last nobility and exaltation . The heroes of the hour are relatively great : of a faster ...
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... equals and his counterparts ; into natural objects , and showed their origin and meaning , what are friend- ly and what are hurtful ; and opened the future world by in- dicating the continuity of the same laws . His disciples allege ...
... equals and his counterparts ; into natural objects , and showed their origin and meaning , what are friend- ly and what are hurtful ; and opened the future world by in- dicating the continuity of the same laws . His disciples allege ...
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