Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... Phocion , and Timoleon ; much as Our pomologists , in their lists , select the three or the six best pears " for a small orchard ; " and did not even omit to remark the similar termination of their names . " A great man , " he said ...
... Phocion , and Timoleon ; much as Our pomologists , in their lists , select the three or the six best pears " for a small orchard ; " and did not even omit to remark the similar termination of their names . " A great man , " he said ...
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... Phocion , Socrates , Anaxagoras , Diogenes , are great men , but they leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but will be his own man , and , in his turn , the founder of a sect . The arts and ...
... Phocion , Socrates , Anaxagoras , Diogenes , are great men , but they leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but will be his own man , and , in his turn , the founder of a sect . The arts and ...
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... high counsel that I once heard given to a young person- " Always do what you are afraid to do . " A simple , manly character need never make an apology , but should regard its past action with the calmness of Phocion 154 HEROISM .
... high counsel that I once heard given to a young person- " Always do what you are afraid to do . " A simple , manly character need never make an apology , but should regard its past action with the calmness of Phocion 154 HEROISM .
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... Phocion , when he admitted that the event of the battle was happy , yet did not regret his dissuasion from the battle . There is no weakness or exposure for which we cannot find consolation in the thought - this is a part of my ...
... Phocion , when he admitted that the event of the battle was happy , yet did not regret his dissuasion from the battle . There is no weakness or exposure for which we cannot find consolation in the thought - this is a part of my ...
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