Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... action proportioned to nature , why should we grope among the dry bones of the past , or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe ? The sun shines to - day also . There is more wool and flax in the fields ...
... action proportioned to nature , why should we grope among the dry bones of the past , or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe ? The sun shines to - day also . There is more wool and flax in the fields ...
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... action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a well colored and shaded globe , so that where the particular objects are mean and ...
... action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a well colored and shaded globe , so that where the particular objects are mean and ...
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... action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes he place and the bystanders to shine . We are great actions +1 very individ nature ill . universe is the pro Every rational wry and estate est himself of he nt -- most men ...
... action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes he place and the bystanders to shine . We are great actions +1 very individ nature ill . universe is the pro Every rational wry and estate est himself of he nt -- most men ...
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... and savannahs as fit dra- pery ? Ever does natural beauty steal in like air , and envelope great actions . When Sir Harry Vane was dragged up the Tower - hill , sitting on - a sled , to suffer death as the champion of 26 BEAUTY .
... and savannahs as fit dra- pery ? Ever does natural beauty steal in like air , and envelope great actions . When Sir Harry Vane was dragged up the Tower - hill , sitting on - a sled , to suffer death as the champion of 26 BEAUTY .
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... actions , as we have seen , comes unsought , and comes because it is unsought , remain for the apprehension and pursuit of the intellect ; and then again , in its turn , of the active power . Nothing divine dies . All good is eternally ...
... actions , as we have seen , comes unsought , and comes because it is unsought , remain for the apprehension and pursuit of the intellect ; and then again , in its turn , of the active power . Nothing divine dies . All good is eternally ...
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| Title | Nature: Addresses, and Lectures Volume 1 of Riverside ed. Complete works |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2013 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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