The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat - ear , the egg , the wings and forms of most birds , the lion's claw , the ...
... individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat - ear , the egg , the wings and forms of most birds , the lion's claw , the ...
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... individual in it . Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate . It is his , if he will . He may divest himself of it ; he may creep into a corner , and abdicate his kingdom , as most men do , but he is entitled to ...
... individual in it . Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate . It is his , if he will . He may divest himself of it ; he may creep into a corner , and abdicate his kingdom , as most men do , but he is entitled to ...
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... individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul , he calls Reason : it is not mine or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men ...
... individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul , he calls Reason : it is not mine or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men ...
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... individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example , in the perception of differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know that things are not huddled and ...
... individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example , in the perception of differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know that things are not huddled and ...
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... individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to him . Who can estimate this ? Who can guess how much firmness the sea - beaten rock has t t 1 f a e t I 8 taught the fisherman ? how much tranquillity has been reflected 24 ...
... individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to him . Who can estimate this ? Who can guess how much firmness the sea - beaten rock has t t 1 f a e t I 8 taught the fisherman ? how much tranquillity has been reflected 24 ...
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