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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. PS 1608 · A2 1892 Copy ! UV ALTEMUS ' BOOKBINDERY PHILADELPHIA GIFT JUN1 1 52 ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY X.
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. PS 1608 · A2 1892 Copy ! UV ALTEMUS ' BOOKBINDERY PHILADELPHIA GIFT JUN1 1 52 ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY X.
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... of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right di- rection . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the 3 HISTORY . 33.
... of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right di- rection . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the 3 HISTORY . 33.
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... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of ...
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of ...
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... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ardu- ous ...
... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ardu- ous ...
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... gift you can present every moment with the cum- ulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker ...
... gift you can present every moment with the cum- ulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker ...
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