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Emerson's Complete Works: Nature, addresses and lectures - Page 95
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
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The Microcosm: Or, Little World of Home, Volumes 1-3

1835 - 616 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, '...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Jiook. We all know that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head te bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "He...
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Wisconsin Journal of Education, Volume 28

1898 - 404 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of inĀ” stincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "He...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, f that, as the human body can be nourished on any food,...boiled grass and the broth of shoes, so the human J mind can be fed by any knowledge. And great and heroic men have existed, who had almost no other...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of instincts, to underrate the Book. We all know, that, as the human body can be nourished...than by the printed page. I only would say, that it needs a strong head to bear that diet. One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, "...
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