Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
... young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
Page 32
... young child , in re- pressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the un- derstanding , and that without producing indigna- tion , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , —is a familiar fact , ex ...
... young child , in re- pressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the un- derstanding , and that without producing indigna- tion , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , —is a familiar fact , ex ...
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... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
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... of to - day . We love it and pay it homage be- cause it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
... of to - day . We love it and pay it homage be- cause it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong ...
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