Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 38
... 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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... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I kuow sympathetically , 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 kuow sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As long as the Caucasian man - perhaps longer ...
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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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... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know before- hand that not possibly can he say a new and spon- taneous word ? Do I not know that with all this ...
... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know before- hand that not possibly can he say a new and spon- taneous word ? Do I not know that with all this ...
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... hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize never more . A great man is coming to eat at my house . I do not wish to please him ; I wish that he should wish to please me . I will stand here for human- ity , and ...
... hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize never more . A great man is coming to eat at my house . I do not wish to please him ; I wish that he should wish to please me . I will stand here for human- ity , and ...
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| Title | Essays: First Series Volume 2 of Emerson's complete works : Riverside edition |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | H. Altemus, 1899 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2015 |
| Length | 322 pages |
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