Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. PAGE 237 265 285 307 HISTORY . There is no great and no small To. ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY X : CIRCLES , ESSAY XI . INTELLECT , ESSAY XII . ᎪᎡᎢ , . 4 CONTENTS .
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. PAGE 237 265 285 307 HISTORY . There is no great and no small To. ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY X : CIRCLES , ESSAY XI . INTELLECT , ESSAY XII . ᎪᎡᎢ , . 4 CONTENTS .
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... intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine ...
... intellect consists in the clearer vision of causes , which overlooks surface differences . To the poet , to the philoso- pher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine ...
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... intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by ...
... intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by ...
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... are swift . " As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , " Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
... are swift . " As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , " Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
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... intellect is vaga- bond , and the universal system of education fos- ters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bod- ies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are ...
... intellect is vaga- bond , and the universal system of education fos- ters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bod- ies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are ...
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