The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... turn out to be heroes , and their con- dition regal , it would not surprise us . All mythology opens with demigods , and the circumstance is high and poetic ; that is , their genius is paramount . In the legends of the Gautama , the ...
... turn out to be heroes , and their con- dition regal , it would not surprise us . All mythology opens with demigods , and the circumstance is high and poetic ; that is , their genius is paramount . In the legends of the Gautama , the ...
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... turn comes . Each plant has its parasite , and each created thing its lover and poet . Justice has already been done to steam , to iron , to wood , to coal , to loadstone , to iodine , to corn , and cotton but how few materials are yet ...
... turn comes . Each plant has its parasite , and each created thing its lover and poet . Justice has already been done to steam , to iron , to wood , to coal , to loadstone , to iodine , to corn , and cotton but how few materials are yet ...
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... turn through the circle of beings , wrote " Not transferable , " and " Good for this trip only , " on these garments of the soul . There is some- what deceptive about the intercourse of minds . The bound- aries are invisible , but they ...
... turn through the circle of beings , wrote " Not transferable , " and " Good for this trip only , " on these garments of the soul . There is some- what deceptive about the intercourse of minds . The bound- aries are invisible , but they ...
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... turn . We are equally served by receiving and by imparting . Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other . But bring to each an intelligent person of another experience 18 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... turn . We are equally served by receiving and by imparting . Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other . But bring to each an intelligent person of another experience 18 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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... turn out to be common pottery ; but the sense of the pictures is sacred , and you may still read them transferred to the walls of the world . For a time , our teachers serve us personally , as metres or milestones of progress . Once ...
... turn out to be common pottery ; but the sense of the pictures is sacred , and you may still read them transferred to the walls of the world . For a time , our teachers serve us personally , as metres or milestones of progress . Once ...
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