Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... wise man by stoic or oriental or modern essayist , describes to each man his own idea , de- scribes his unattained but attainable self . All literature writes the character of the wise man . All books , monuments , pictures ...
... wise man by stoic or oriental or modern essayist , describes to each man his own idea , de- scribes his unattained but attainable self . All literature writes the character of the wise man . All books , monuments , pictures ...
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... wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves as a masked or frolic expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all ...
... wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the Middle Age explain themselves as a masked or frolic expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all ...
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... wise man . You shall not tell me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read . You shall make me feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have described ...
... wise man . You shall not tell me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read . You shall make me feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have described ...
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... wise spirit that ever took flesh . To be great is to be misunderstood . I suppose no man can violate his nature . All the sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Him- maleh are ...
... wise spirit that ever took flesh . To be great is to be misunderstood . I suppose no man can violate his nature . All the sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Him- maleh are ...
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... wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and is not gadding abroad from himself , and shall make men sensible ...
... wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and is not gadding abroad from himself , and shall make men sensible ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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