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... live in the sun and on the surface , a thin , plausible , superficial existence , and talk of muse and prophet , of art and creation . But out of our shallow and frivolous way of life , how can greatness ever grow ? Come now , let us go ...
... live in the sun and on the surface , a thin , plausible , superficial existence , and talk of muse and prophet , of art and creation . But out of our shallow and frivolous way of life , how can greatness ever grow ? Come now , let us go ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. live in the existing state of soils , gases , animals and morals : the best that could yet live ; there shall be a better , please God . This Genius or Destiny is of the sternest administration ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. live in the existing state of soils , gases , animals and morals : the best that could yet live ; there shall be a better , please God . This Genius or Destiny is of the sternest administration ...
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... live in a new country that can live in an old ? and it is not strange that our youths and maidens should burn to see the picturesque extremes of an antiquated country . But it is one thing to visit the Pyramids , and another to wish to ...
... live in a new country that can live in an old ? and it is not strange that our youths and maidens should burn to see the picturesque extremes of an antiquated country . But it is one thing to visit the Pyramids , and another to wish to ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Editor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Contributor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2007 |
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