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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Page 13
... poor their escapes and their resources . . But nature brings all this about in due time . Rotation is her remedy . The soul is impatient of masters , and eager for change . Housekeepers say of a domestic who has been valu- able , She ...
... poor their escapes and their resources . . But nature brings all this about in due time . Rotation is her remedy . The soul is impatient of masters , and eager for change . Housekeepers say of a domestic who has been valu- able , She ...
Page 14
... poor . We live in a market , where is only so much wheat , or wool , or land ; and if I have so much more , every other must have so much less . I seem to have no good , without breach of good manners . Nobody is glad in the glad- ness ...
... poor . We live in a market , where is only so much wheat , or wool , or land ; and if I have so much more , every other must have so much less . I seem to have no good , without breach of good manners . Nobody is glad in the glad- ness ...
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... poor Jacobin's whole speech and confutation . But it is human nature's indispensable defence . The centripetence augments the centrifugence . We balance one man with his opposite , and the health of the state depends on the see - saw ...
... poor Jacobin's whole speech and confutation . But it is human nature's indispensable defence . The centripetence augments the centrifugence . We balance one man with his opposite , and the health of the state depends on the see - saw ...
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... poor educators as we adults . If we huff and chide them , they soon come not to mind it , and get a self - reliance ; and if we indulge them to folly , they learn the limitation elsewhere . We need not fear excessive influence . A more ...
... poor educators as we adults . If we huff and chide them , they soon come not to mind it , and get a self - reliance ; and if we indulge them to folly , they learn the limitation elsewhere . We need not fear excessive influence . A more ...
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... poor , but has that one dress , or equipage , or instrument , which is fit for the hour and the need ; so Plato , in his plenty , is never restricted , but has the fit word . There is , indeed , no weapon in all the armory of wit which ...
... poor , but has that one dress , or equipage , or instrument , which is fit for the hour and the need ; so Plato , in his plenty , is never restricted , but has the fit word . There is , indeed , no weapon in all the armory of wit which ...
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