Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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... individual men . Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same . He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may ...
... individual men . Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same . He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What Plato has thought , he may think ; what a saint has felt , he may ...
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... individual experience . There is a relation between the hours of our life and the centuries of time . As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions ...
... individual experience . There is a relation between the hours of our life and the centuries of time . As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions ...
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... performs the metempsychosis of nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant type of the individual ; through countless indi- viduals the HISTORY . 15.
... performs the metempsychosis of nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant type of the individual ; through countless indi- viduals the HISTORY . 15.
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. type of the individual ; through countless indi- viduals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera the steadfast type ; through all the kingdoms of organized life the ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. type of the individual ; through countless indi- viduals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera the steadfast type ; through all the kingdoms of organized life the ...
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... individual history , or must remain words . There is nothing but is related to us , nothing that does not interest us - kingdom , col- lege , tree , horse , or iron shoe , the roots of all things are in man . It is in the soul that ...
... individual history , or must remain words . There is nothing but is related to us , nothing that does not interest us - kingdom , col- lege , tree , horse , or iron shoe , the roots of all things are in man . It is in the soul that ...
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