The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere ...
... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere ...
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... Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we ...
... Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we ...
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... whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and multitude of objects ; since " every object rightly seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when ...
... whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and multitude of objects ; since " every object rightly seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when ...
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... well compared . to snow , " if it fall level to - day , it will be blown into drifts to - morrow , " is the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is DISCIPLINE 37.
... well compared . to snow , " if it fall level to - day , it will be blown into drifts to - morrow , " is the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is DISCIPLINE 37.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gym- nastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . The whole character and fortune of ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gym- nastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . The whole character and fortune of ...
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