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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... holds in solution I know not what Berzeliuses and Davys ? Thus , we sit by the fire , and take hold on the poles of the earth . This quasi omnipresence supplies the imbecility of our condition . In one of those celestial days , when ...
... holds in solution I know not what Berzeliuses and Davys ? Thus , we sit by the fire , and take hold on the poles of the earth . This quasi omnipresence supplies the imbecility of our condition . In one of those celestial days , when ...
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... who succor our genius , and stimulate us in wonderful manners . There is a power in love to divine another's destiny better than that other can , and , by heroic encouragements , hold him to his task . What 10 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... who succor our genius , and stimulate us in wonderful manners . There is a power in love to divine another's destiny better than that other can , and , by heroic encouragements , hold him to his task . What 10 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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... hold him to his task . What has friendship so signal as its sublime attraction to whatever vir- tue is in us ? We will never more think cheaply of ourselves , or of life . We are piqued to some purpose , and the industry of the diggers ...
... hold him to his task . What has friendship so signal as its sublime attraction to whatever vir- tue is in us ? We will never more think cheaply of ourselves , or of life . We are piqued to some purpose , and the industry of the diggers ...
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... hold of nature , and transcend fashions , by their fidelity to universal ideas , are saviors from these federal errors , and defend us from our contemporaries . They are the exceptions which we want , where all grows alike . A foreign ...
... hold of nature , and transcend fashions , by their fidelity to universal ideas , are saviors from these federal errors , and defend us from our contemporaries . They are the exceptions which we want , where all grows alike . A foreign ...
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... hold thee there . On , and forever onward ! The microscope observes a monad or wheel - insect among the infusories circu- lating in water . Presently , a dot appears on the animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect ...
... hold thee there . On , and forever onward ! The microscope observes a monad or wheel - insect among the infusories circu- lating in water . Presently , a dot appears on the animal , which enlarges to a slit , and it becomes two perfect ...
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