Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The western clouds ...
... understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The western clouds ...
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... for things which are not ; a paper currency is employed , when there is no bullion in the vaults . In due time the fraud is manifest , and words lose all power to stim- ulate the understanding or the affections . Hun- dreds of LANGUAGE .
... for things which are not ; a paper currency is employed , when there is no bullion in the vaults . In due time the fraud is manifest , and words lose all power to stim- ulate the understanding or the affections . Hun- dreds of LANGUAGE .
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. ulate the understanding or the affections . Hun- dreds of writers may be found in every long - civilized nation who for a short time believe and make others believe that they see and utter ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. ulate the understanding or the affections . Hun- dreds of writers may be found in every long - civilized nation who for a short time believe and make others believe that they see and utter ...
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... Understanding and the Reason . Every property of matter is a school for the understanding , its solidity or re- sistance , its inertia , its extension , its figure , its di- visibility . The understanding adds , divides , com- bines ...
... Understanding and the Reason . Every property of matter is a school for the understanding , its solidity or re- sistance , its inertia , its extension , its figure , its di- visibility . The understanding adds , divides , com- bines ...
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... the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in - the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws DISCIPLINE . 43.
... the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in - the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws DISCIPLINE . 43.
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