Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... reason of every fact , - see how it could and must be . So stand be- fore every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napo- leon , before a martyrdom of Sir Thomas More , of Sidney , of Marmaduke ...
... reason of every fact , - see how it could and must be . So stand be- fore every public and private work ; before an oration of Burke , before a victory of Napo- leon , before a martyrdom of Sir Thomas More , of Sidney , of Marmaduke ...
Page 152
... reason to expect such a confidence we should go through all in- convenience and opposition . The sick would be carried in litters . But a public oration is an escapade , a non - committal , an apology , a gag , and not a communication ...
... reason to expect such a confidence we should go through all in- convenience and opposition . The sick would be carried in litters . But a public oration is an escapade , a non - committal , an apology , a gag , and not a communication ...
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... Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is identical in them all . This idea became most fruitful in Emerson's mind , the source of his ...
... Reason , a spark from which enters the human mind . He says there is but one reason , which all intelligent beings share in , and it is identical in them all . This idea became most fruitful in Emerson's mind , the source of his ...
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