The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 7
... rules in the air ; they do not speak to our want . the great are near ; we know them at sight . They satisfy ex- pectation , and fall into place . What is good is effective , gen- erative ; makes for itself room , food , and allies . A ...
... rules in the air ; they do not speak to our want . the great are near ; we know them at sight . They satisfy ex- pectation , and fall into place . What is good is effective , gen- erative ; makes for itself room , food , and allies . A ...
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... entire to the consciousness of a - man . The balanced soul came . If he loved abstract truth , he saved himself by propounding the most popular of all prin- ciples , the absolute good , which rules rulers , 30 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... entire to the consciousness of a - man . The balanced soul came . If he loved abstract truth , he saved himself by propounding the most popular of all prin- ciples , the absolute good , which rules rulers , 30 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. ciples , the absolute good , which rules rulers , and judges the judge . If he made transcendental distinctions , he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ciples , the absolute good , which rules rulers , and judges the judge . If he made transcendental distinctions , he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite ...
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... rule is to set it not too high nor too low , under the wind , but out of the dirt . The philosophy we want is one of fluxions and mobility . The Spartan and Stoic schemes are too stark and stiff for our occasion . A theory of Saint John ...
... rule is to set it not too high nor too low , under the wind , but out of the dirt . The philosophy we want is one of fluxions and mobility . The Spartan and Stoic schemes are too stark and stiff for our occasion . A theory of Saint John ...
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... rule and theory of our state of education , that God is a substance , and his method is illusion . The Eastern sages owned the goddess Yoganidra , the great illusory energy of Vishnu , by whom , as utter ignorance , the whole world is ...
... rule and theory of our state of education , that God is a substance , and his method is illusion . The Eastern sages owned the goddess Yoganidra , the great illusory energy of Vishnu , by whom , as utter ignorance , the whole world is ...
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