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All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man . The wind sows the seed ; the sun evaporates the sea ; the wind blows 1 the vapor to the field ; the ice , on the other side of the planet , condenses rain on ...
All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man . The wind sows the seed ; the sun evaporates the sea ; the wind blows 1 the vapor to the field ; the ice , on the other side of the planet , condenses rain on ...
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And with these forms , the spells of persuasion , the keys of power are put into his hands . 3. We are thus assisted by natural objects in the expression of particular meanings . But how great a language to convey such pepper - corn ...
And with these forms , the spells of persuasion , the keys of power are put into his hands . 3. We are thus assisted by natural objects in the expression of particular meanings . But how great a language to convey such pepper - corn ...
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... consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way will beat a racer 38 LANGUAGE.
... consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way will beat a racer 38 LANGUAGE.
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... and all to form the - Hand of the mind ; - to instruct us that “ good thoughts are no better than good dreams , unless they be executed ! ” The same good office is performed by Property and its filial systems of debt and credit .
... and all to form the - Hand of the mind ; - to instruct us that “ good thoughts are no better than good dreams , unless they be executed ! ” The same good office is performed by Property and its filial systems of debt and credit .
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Not only resemblances exist in things whose analogy is obvious , as when we detect the type of the human hand in the flipper of the fossil saurus , but also in objects wherein there is great superficial unlikeness .
Not only resemblances exist in things whose analogy is obvious , as when we detect the type of the human hand in the flipper of the fossil saurus , but also in objects wherein there is great superficial unlikeness .
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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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