Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. VI FRIENDSHIP A RUDDY drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs ; The world uncertain comes and goes , The lover rooted stays . I ... friendship fair , WER FRIENDSHIP E have a great deal more kindness than FRIENDSHIP.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. VI FRIENDSHIP A RUDDY drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs ; The world uncertain comes and goes , The lover rooted stays . I ... friendship fair , WER FRIENDSHIP E have a great deal more kindness than FRIENDSHIP.
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... friendship should have feet , as well as eyes and eloquence . It must plant itself on the ground , before it vaults over the moon . I wish it to be a little of a cit- izen , before it is quite a cherub . We chide the citizen because he ...
... friendship should have feet , as well as eyes and eloquence . It must plant itself on the ground , before it vaults over the moon . I wish it to be a little of a cit- izen , before it is quite a cherub . We chide the citizen because he ...
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... friendship with cheap persons , where no friendship can be . Our im- patience betrays us into rash and foolish alli- ances which no god attends . By persisting in your path , though you forfeit the little you gain the great . You ...
... friendship with cheap persons , where no friendship can be . Our im- patience betrays us into rash and foolish alli- ances which no god attends . By persisting in your path , though you forfeit the little you gain the great . You ...
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