Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... in my own mind . We are always coming up with the facts that have moved us in history in our private experi- ence , and verifying them here . All history be comes subjective ; in other words , there is properly 12 ESSAY I.
... in my own mind . We are always coming up with the facts that have moved us in history in our private experi- ence , and verifying them here . All history be comes subjective ; in other words , there is properly 12 ESSAY I.
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. comes subjective ; in other words , there is properly no History ; only Biography . Every soul must know the whole lesson for itself - must go over the whole ground . What it does not see , what it does ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. comes subjective ; in other words , there is properly no History ; only Biography . Every soul must know the whole lesson for itself - must go over the whole ground . What it does not see , what it does ...
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... . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have always , from time to ! all time , walked among men and made their commis- sion HISTORY . 27.
... . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at inter- vals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have always , from time to ! all time , walked among men and made their commis- sion HISTORY . 27.
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... come to revere their intuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zoroaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate themselves in the mind . I cannot ...
... come to revere their intuitions and aspire to live holily , their own piety explains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zoroaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate themselves in the mind . I cannot ...
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... . own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , yet dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his His private adventures with every fable of Esop , of Homer HISTORY . 29.
... . own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , yet dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his His private adventures with every fable of Esop , of Homer HISTORY . 29.
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