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... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twi- light , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twi- light , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
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... virtue . Every natural 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 ...
... virtue . Every natural 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 ...
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... virtue ; " said Sallust . " The winds and waves , " said Gibbon , " are always on the side of the ablest navigators . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great ...
... virtue ; " said Sallust . " The winds and waves , " said Gibbon , " are always on the side of the ablest navigators . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great ...
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... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its tem- ple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only ...
... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its tem- ple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only ...
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... virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out the absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God , and without the colors of affection . The intellectual and the active powers seem to succeed each ...
... virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out the absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God , and without the colors of affection . The intellectual and the active powers seem to succeed each ...
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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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