The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. II, Volume 2Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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... . Behmen and Sweden- borg saw that things were representative . Men are also rep- resentative ; first , of things , and secondly , of ideas . — As plants convert the minerals into food for animals , USES OF GREAT MEN . 7.
... . Behmen and Sweden- borg saw that things were representative . Men are also rep- resentative ; first , of things , and secondly , of ideas . — As plants convert the minerals into food for animals , USES OF GREAT MEN . 7.
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... animals , so each man converts some raw material in nature to human use . The inventors of fire , electricity , magnetism , iron , lead , glass , linen , silk , cotton ; the makers of tools ; the inventor of deci- mal notation ; the ...
... animals , so each man converts some raw material in nature to human use . The inventors of fire , electricity , magnetism , iron , lead , glass , linen , silk , cotton ; the makers of tools ; the inventor of deci- mal notation ; the ...
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... animal 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 ...
... animal 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 ...
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... animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect animals . The ever - proceeding detachment appears not less in all thought , and in society . Children think they cannot live without their parents . But , long before they ...
... animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect animals . The ever - proceeding detachment appears not less in all thought , and in society . Children think they cannot live without their parents . But , long before they ...
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... , whilst he lives , to scatter the seeds of science and of song , that climate , corn , animals , men , may be milder , and the germs of love and benefit may be multiplied . II . PLATO ; OR , THE PHILOSOPHER . PLATO 20 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... , whilst he lives , to scatter the seeds of science and of song , that climate , corn , animals , men , may be milder , and the germs of love and benefit may be multiplied . II . PLATO ; OR , THE PHILOSOPHER . PLATO 20 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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