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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... whilst they must make painful corrections , and 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 ...
... whilst they must make painful corrections , and 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 ...
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... whilst in every solitude are those 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 ...
... whilst in every solitude are those 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 ...
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... whilst every individual strives to grow and exclude , and to exclude and grow , to the extremities of the universe , and to impose the law of its being on every other creature , Nature steadily aims to protect each against every other ...
... whilst every individual strives to grow and exclude , and to exclude and grow , to the extremities of the universe , and to impose the law of its being on every other creature , Nature steadily aims to protect each against every other ...
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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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... whilst the perceptions are obtuse , men and women talk vehemently and superlatively , blunder and quarrel ; their manners are full of desperation ; their speech is full of oaths . As soon as , with culture , things have cleared up a ...
... whilst the perceptions are obtuse , men and women talk vehemently and superlatively , blunder and quarrel ; their manners are full of desperation ; their speech is full of oaths . As soon as , with culture , things have cleared up a ...
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