The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... spirit : ' coxcomb , would you meddle with the skies , or with other people ? ' In- direct service is left . Men have a pictorial or representative quality , and serve us in the intellect . borg saw that things were representative . Men ...
... spirit : ' coxcomb , would you meddle with the skies , or with other people ? ' In- direct service is left . Men have a pictorial or representative quality , and serve us in the intellect . borg saw that things were representative . Men ...
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... spirits , make us considerate , and engage us to new aims and powers . The veneration of mankind selects these for the highest place . Witness the multitude of statues , pictures , and memorials which recall their genius in every city ...
... spirits , make us considerate , and engage us to new aims and powers . The veneration of mankind selects these for the highest place . Witness the multitude of statues , pictures , and memorials which recall their genius in every city ...
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... personality . This is the key to the power of the greatest men , their spirit diffuses itself . A new quality of mind travels by night and by day , in con- - centric circles from its origin , and publishes itself by USES OF GREAT MEN . 19.
... personality . This is the key to the power of the greatest men , their spirit diffuses itself . A new quality of mind travels by night and by day , in con- - centric circles from its origin , and publishes itself by USES OF GREAT MEN . 19.
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... spirit . Here is the germ of that Europe we know so well , in its long history of arts and arms : here are all its traits , already discernible in the mind of Plato , - and in none before him . It has spread itself since into a hundred ...
... spirit . Here is the germ of that Europe we know so well , in its long history of arts and arms : here are all its traits , already discernible in the mind of Plato , - and in none before him . It has spread itself since into a hundred ...
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... spirit , which is essentially one , is in one's own , and in all other bodies , is the wisdom of one who knows the unity of things . As one diffusive air , passing through the perforations of a flute , is distinguished as the notes of a ...
... spirit , which is essentially one , is in one's own , and in all other bodies , is the wisdom of one who knows the unity of things . As one diffusive air , passing through the perforations of a flute , is distinguished as the notes of a ...
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