Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... events . But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time.
... events . But the thought is always prior to the fact ; all the facts of history preëxist in the mind as laws . Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant , and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. of nature give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , and Egypt , Greece , Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in ...
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... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less ...
... gives worth to particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less ...
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... habit of supply- ing his own needs educates the body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far different is the pic- ture Xenophon gives of himself and his compatri- ots in 28 HISTORY .
... habit of supply- ing his own needs educates the body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far different is the pic- ture Xenophon gives of himself and his compatri- ots in 28 HISTORY .
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... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? - The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature ...
... gives as good as he gets . Who does not see that this is a gang of great boys , with such a code of honor and such lax discipline as great boys have ? - The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and in- deed of all the old literature ...
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