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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... 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 his 1 quality to other men . And every one can do 6 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... 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 his 1 quality to other men . And every one can do 6 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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... wise man should appear in our village , he would create , in those who conversed with him , a new consciousness of wealth , by opening their eyes to unobserved advantages ; he would establish a sense of immovable equality , calm us with ...
... wise man should appear in our village , he would create , in those who conversed with him , a new consciousness of wealth , by opening their eyes to unobserved advantages ; he would establish a sense of immovable equality , calm us with ...
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... wise in capacity , though so few in energy . There needs but one wise man in a company , and all are wise , so rapid is the contagion . Great men are thus a collyrium to clear our eyes from ego- tism , and enable us to see other people ...
... wise in capacity , though so few in energy . There needs but one wise man in a company , and all are wise , so rapid is the contagion . Great men are thus a collyrium to clear our eyes from ego- tism , and enable us to see other people ...
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... wise his debtors , and must say after him . For it is fair to credit the broadest generalizer with all the particulars dedu- cible from his thesis . . Plato is philosophy , and philosophy , Plato , at once the glory and the shame of ...
... wise his debtors , and must say after him . For it is fair to credit the broadest generalizer with all the particulars dedu- cible from his thesis . . Plato is philosophy , and philosophy , Plato , at once the glory and the shame of ...
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... Wise Masters ; and we have the beginnings of geometry , metaphysics , and ethics : then the partialists , deducing the origin of things from flux or water , or from air , or from fire , or from mind . All mix with these causes ...
... Wise Masters ; and we have the beginnings of geometry , metaphysics , and ethics : then the partialists , deducing the origin of things from flux or water , or from air , or from fire , or from mind . All mix with these causes ...
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