Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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... praise him , and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves as by personal allusions . A wise and good soul , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears 10 ESSAY I.
... praise him , and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves as by personal allusions . A wise and good soul , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears 10 ESSAY I.
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea ...
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... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympa- thetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As long as the Caucasian man - perhaps longer ...
... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympa- thetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As long as the Caucasian man - perhaps longer ...
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... hears an admoni- tion in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private ...
... hears an admoni- tion in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private ...
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... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for ...
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for ...
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