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" I pierce its order; I dissipate its fear ; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion.... "
How to Succeed: Or, Stepping Stones to Fame and Fortune - Page 104
by Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 332 pages
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United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 1

1838 - 540 pages
...wilderness have I ranquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and hia nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. Drudgery,...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished, and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products....
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished, and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearh and rubies to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid...
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The Catholic Institute Magazine, Volume 1

1856 - 390 pages
...wilderness havе I vanquished and planted; or, so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, and want are instruments in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges етеry opportunity of...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...opportunity of action passed by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too,...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished, and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products....
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid...
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Dublin examination papers

Dublin city, univ - 1871 - 366 pages
...wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves...discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,...
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