The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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... once his floor , his work- yard , his play - ground , his garden , and his bed . " More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of . " Nature , in its ministry to man , is not only the material , but is also the process and the ...
... once his floor , his work- yard , his play - ground , his garden , and his bed . " More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of . " Nature , in its ministry to man , is not only the material , but is also the process and the ...
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... once in the steep defile of Thermopyla ; when Arnold Winkelried , in the high Alps , under the shadow of the avalanche , gathers in his side a sheaf of Austrian spears to 99 When a 66 break the line for his comrades ; are not BEAUTY . 13.
... once in the steep defile of Thermopyla ; when Arnold Winkelried , in the high Alps , under the shadow of the avalanche , gathers in his side a sheaf of Austrian spears to 99 When a 66 break the line for his comrades ; are not BEAUTY . 13.
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... once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em- brace man , only let his thoughts be of equal greatness . Will- ingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet ...
... once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em- brace man , only let his thoughts be of equal greatness . Will- ingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet ...
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... to visible things ; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God , The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts , and 18 LANGUAGE .
... to visible things ; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God , The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts , and 18 LANGUAGE .
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... once at a new fact , that nature is a discipline . IN This use of the world includes the preceding uses , as parts of itself . Space , time , society , labor , climate , food , locomotion , the animals , the mechanical forces , give us ...
... once at a new fact , that nature is a discipline . IN This use of the world includes the preceding uses , as parts of itself . Space , time , society , labor , climate , food , locomotion , the animals , the mechanical forces , give us ...
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