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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... stand in the mind of God , and without the colors of affection . The intellectual and the ac- tive powers seem to succeed each other , and the exclusive activity of the one generates the exclusive activity of the other . There is ...
... stand in the mind of God , and without the colors of affection . The intellectual and the ac- tive powers seem to succeed each other , and the exclusive activity of the one generates the exclusive activity of the other . There is ...
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... - ty , and is not alone a solid and satisfactory good . It must stand as a part , and not as yet the last or highest expression of the final cause of Nature .. CHAPTER IV . LA LANGUAGE . ANGUAGE is a third BEAUTY . 15.
... - ty , and is not alone a solid and satisfactory good . It must stand as a part , and not as yet the last or highest expression of the final cause of Nature .. CHAPTER IV . LA LANGUAGE . ANGUAGE is a third BEAUTY . 15.
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... stand for things which are not ; a paper currency is employed , when there is no bullion in the vaults . In due time , the fraud is manifest , and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections . dreds of writers ...
... stand for things which are not ; a paper currency is employed , when there is no bullion in the vaults . In due time , the fraud is manifest , and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections . dreds of writers ...
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... stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or it does not ap- pear ... standing prob- lem which has exercised the wonder and the study of every fine genius since the world began ; from the era ...
... stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or it does not ap- pear ... standing prob- lem which has exercised the wonder and the study of every fine genius since the world began ; from the era ...
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... standing , it is hiving in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . - The whole character and fortune of the individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example ...
... standing , it is hiving in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . - The whole character and fortune of the individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example ...
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