The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... talent to dazzle and to blind the be holder . But true genius seeks to defend us from itself . True genius will not impoverish , but will liberate , and add new senses . If a wise man should appear in our village , he would create , in ...
... talent to dazzle and to blind the be holder . But true genius seeks to defend us from itself . True genius will not impoverish , but will liberate , and add new senses . If a wise man should appear in our village , he would create , in ...
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... 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 heroes , by letting in this element of reason , irrespective of persons ; this sub- tilizer , and ...
... 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 heroes , by letting in this element of reason , irrespective of persons ; this sub- tilizer , and ...
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... talent has its apotheosis somewhere . Fair play , and an open field , and freshest laurels to all who have won them ! But Heaven reserves an equal scope for every creature . Each is uneasy until he has produced his private ray unto the ...
... talent has its apotheosis somewhere . Fair play , and an open field , and freshest laurels to all who have won them ! But Heaven reserves an equal scope for every creature . Each is uneasy until he has produced his private ray unto the ...
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... talent and position vanish , when the individuals are seen in the duration which is necessary to complete the career of each ; even more swiftly the seeming injustice disappears , when we ascend to the central identity of all the ...
... talent and position vanish , when the individuals are seen in the duration which is necessary to complete the career of each ; even more swiftly the seeming injustice disappears , when we ascend to the central identity of all the ...
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... talent : one , earnest- ness ; the other , knowledge : one , possession ; the other , trade : one , caste ; the other , culture : one , king ; the other , democ- racy : and , if we dare carry these generalizations a step higher , and ...
... talent : one , earnest- ness ; the other , knowledge : one , possession ; the other , trade : one , caste ; the other , culture : one , king ; the other , democ- racy : and , if we dare carry these generalizations a step higher , and ...
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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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