The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
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... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
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... Thought is the seed of action ; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro ...
... Thought is the seed of action ; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro ...
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... to impute our best sense of any work of art to the author . The highest praise we can attribute to any writer , painter , sculptor , builder , is , that he actually pos- sessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired 46 ART.
... to impute our best sense of any work of art to the author . The highest praise we can attribute to any writer , painter , sculptor , builder , is , that he actually pos- sessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired 46 ART.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. thoughts , but he is to be an organ through which the universal mind acts . In ... thought . ' In eloquence , the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself ; when ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. thoughts , but he is to be an organ through which the universal mind acts . In ... thought . ' In eloquence , the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself ; when ...
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