The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... persons who are intrinsically rich and powerful , I would sell all , and buy it , and put myself on the road to - day . The race goes with us on their credit . The knowledge that in the city is a man who invented the railroad , raises ...
... persons who are intrinsically rich and powerful , I would sell all , and buy it , and put myself on the road to - day . The race goes with us on their credit . The knowledge that in the city is a man who invented the railroad , raises ...
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... persons who , in their character and actions , answer questions which I have not skill to put . One man answers some question which none of his contemporaries put , and is isolated . The past and pass- ing religions and philosophies ...
... persons who , in their character and actions , answer questions which I have not skill to put . One man answers some question which none of his contemporaries put , and is isolated . The past and pass- ing religions and philosophies ...
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... persons , who , either by the quality of that idea they embodied , or by the largeness of their reception , were entitled to the position of leaders and lawgiv- These teach us the qualities of primary nature , ers . admit We us to the ...
... persons , who , either by the quality of that idea they embodied , or by the largeness of their reception , were entitled to the position of leaders and lawgiv- These teach us the qualities of primary nature , ers . admit We us to the ...
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... persons or parties , of Carolina or Cuba , but who announces a law that disposes these particulars , and so certifies me of the equity which checkmates every false player , bankrupts every self- seeker , and apprises me of my ...
... persons or parties , of Carolina or Cuba , but who announces a law that disposes these particulars , and so certifies me of the equity which checkmates every false player , bankrupts every self- seeker , and apprises me of my ...
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... persons ; this sub- tilizer , and irresistible upward force , into our thought , destroy- ing individualism ; the power so great , that the potentate is nothing . Then he is a monarch , who gives a constitution to his people ; a pontiff ...
... persons ; this sub- tilizer , and irresistible upward force , into our thought , destroy- ing individualism ; the power so great , that the potentate is nothing . Then he is a monarch , who gives a constitution to his people ; a pontiff ...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. in Two Volumes, Volume 2 Ralph Waldo Emerson No preview available - 2006 |
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