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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... look , and con- versing with the same things , we catch the charm which lured them . Napoleon said , " You must not fight too often with one enemy , or you will teach him all your art of war . " Talk much with any man of vigorous mind ...
... look , and con- versing with the same things , we catch the charm which lured them . Napoleon said , " You must not fight too often with one enemy , or you will teach him all your art of war . " Talk much with any man of vigorous mind ...
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... looks of beauty , and words of good . " How to illustrate the distinctive benefit of ideas , the service rendered by those who introduce moral truths into the general mind ? —I am plagued , in all my living , with a perpetual tariff of ...
... looks of beauty , and words of good . " How to illustrate the distinctive benefit of ideas , the service rendered by those who introduce moral truths into the general mind ? —I am plagued , in all my living , with a perpetual tariff of ...
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... look at yon- der poor Paddy , whose country is his wheelbarrow ; look at his whole nation of Paddies . ' Why are the masses , from the dawn of history down , food for knives and powder ? The idea dignifies a few leaders , who have ...
... look at yon- der poor Paddy , whose country is his wheelbarrow ; look at his whole nation of Paddies . ' Why are the masses , from the dawn of history down , food for knives and powder ? The idea dignifies a few leaders , who have ...
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... look in men for complete- ness , and shall content ourselves with their social and delegat- ed quality . All that respects the individual is temporary and prospective , like the individual himself , who is ascending out of his limits ...
... look in men for complete- ness , and shall content ourselves with their social and delegat- ed quality . All that respects the individual is temporary and prospective , like the individual himself , who is ascending out of his limits ...
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... looks to that which always subsists according to the same ; and , employing a model of this kind , expresses its idea and power in his work ; it must follow , that his pro- duction should be beautiful . But when he beholds that which is ...
... looks to that which always subsists according to the same ; and , employing a model of this kind , expresses its idea and power in his work ; it must follow , that his pro- duction should be beautiful . But when he beholds that which is ...
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