The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... body , this history of Waldo Emerson are profane and wearisome , but I , I descend not to mix myself with that or with any man . Above his life , above all creatures , I flow down forever a sea of benefit into races of individuals . Nor ...
... body , this history of Waldo Emerson are profane and wearisome , but I , I descend not to mix myself with that or with any man . Above his life , above all creatures , I flow down forever a sea of benefit into races of individuals . Nor ...
Page xxxiv
... bodies of men , brought to his door many visitors , inspiring or exacting , inspired or possessed . His habit of imputing virtue , or of " taking people by their best handles , " brought out their best , but some were hope- less ...
... bodies of men , brought to his door many visitors , inspiring or exacting , inspired or possessed . His habit of imputing virtue , or of " taking people by their best handles , " brought out their best , but some were hope- less ...
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... the Soul . Strictly speaking , therefore , all that is separate from us , all which Philosophy distinguishes as the NOT ME , that is , both nature and art , all other men A and my own body , must be ranked under this 4 NATURE.
... the Soul . Strictly speaking , therefore , all that is separate from us , all which Philosophy distinguishes as the NOT ME , that is , both nature and art , all other men A and my own body , must be ranked under this 4 NATURE.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. and my own body , must be ranked under this name , NATURE . In enumerating the values of nature and casting up their sum , I shall use the word in both senses ; -in its common and in its ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. and my own body , must be ranked under this name , NATURE . In enumerating the values of nature and casting up their sum , I shall use the word in both senses ; -in its common and in its ...
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... bodies , the perpetual presence of the sublime . Seen in the streets of cities , how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the ...
... bodies , the perpetual presence of the sublime . Seen in the streets of cities , how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the ...
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