Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all : And where it cometh , all things are ; And it cometh everywhere . I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven HISTORY.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all : And where it cometh , all things are ; And it cometh everywhere . I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven HISTORY.
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... 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 distinctly some command of this supreme ...
... 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 distinctly some command of this supreme ...
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... thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or ...
... thing tends in a wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or ...
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... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human We must in ourselves see the nature ; that is HISTORY . 15.
... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human We must in ourselves see the nature ; that is HISTORY . 15.
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... things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- VOL . II . 2 stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every HISTORY . 17.
... things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- VOL . II . 2 stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every HISTORY . 17.
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