Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have re- sounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is doing to - day . The world exists for the education of each man . HISTORY . 13.
... read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age , by men whose names have re- sounded far , has any deeper sense than what he is doing to - day . The world exists for the education of each man . HISTORY . 13.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of ac- tion in history to which there is not somewhat cor- responding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The world exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society or mode of ac- tion in history to which there is not somewhat cor- responding in his life . Every thing tends in a wonderful manner ...
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... exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on each new order , and Xenophon is as sharp - tongued as any and sharper - tongued than most , and so gives as good as he gets . Who does ...
... exists a boundless liberty of speech . They quarrel for plunder , they wrangle with the generals on each new order , and Xenophon is as sharp - tongued as any and sharper - tongued than most , and so gives as good as he gets . Who does ...
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... exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the en- gaging unconsciousness of childhood . The attrac- tion of these manners is that they belong to man ...
... exists ; but , as a class , from their superior organization , they have surpassed all . They combine the energy of manhood with the en- gaging unconsciousness of childhood . The attrac- tion of these manners is that they belong to man ...
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... exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the ...
... exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the ...
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