Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thou- sand ( 7 ) HISTORY. ...
... the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thou- sand ( 7 ) HISTORY. ...
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First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thou- sand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man . Epoch after epoch , camp ...
First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson. encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thou- sand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man . Epoch after epoch , camp ...
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... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the roadside and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer she swallowed him alive . If he ...
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the roadside and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer she swallowed him alive . If he ...
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... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
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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 Go 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 Go speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
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