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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... keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error . His service to us is of like sort . It costs a beautiful person no exertion to paint her image on our eyes ; yet how splendid is that benefit ! It costs no more for a wise soul to convey ...
... keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error . His service to us is of like sort . It costs a beautiful person no exertion to paint her image on our eyes ; yet how splendid is that benefit ! It costs no more for a wise soul to convey ...
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... keep my eyes off the clock . But if there should appear in the company some gentle soul who knows little of persons or parties , of Carolina or Cuba , but who announces a law that disposes these particulars , and so certifies me of the ...
... keep my eyes off the clock . But if there should appear in the company some gentle soul who knows little of persons or parties , of Carolina or Cuba , but who announces a law that disposes these particulars , and so certifies me of the ...
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... keep each other in countenance , and exasperate by emulation the frenzy of the time . The shield against the stingings of conscience , is the universal practice , or our contemporaries . Again ; it is very easy to be as wise and good as ...
... keep each other in countenance , and exasperate by emulation the frenzy of the time . The shield against the stingings of conscience , is the universal practice , or our contemporaries . Again ; it is very easy to be as wise and good as ...
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... keeps the two vases , one of æther and one of pigment , at his side , and in- variably uses both . Things added to things , as statistics , civil history , are inventories . Things used as language are in- exhaustibly attractive . Plato ...
... keeps the two vases , one of æther and one of pigment , at his side , and in- variably uses both . Things added to things , as statistics , civil history , are inventories . Things used as language are in- exhaustibly attractive . Plato ...
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... keep them in awe . But there is a class who lead us into another region , - the world of morals , or of will . What is singular about this region of thought , is its claim . Wherever the sentiment of right comes in , it takes precedence ...
... keep them in awe . But there is a class who lead us into another region , - the world of morals , or of will . What is singular about this region of thought , is its claim . Wherever the sentiment of right comes in , it takes precedence ...
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