The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик, 1929 |
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... write a letter to a friend. He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures. The solitary river was not solitary enough; the sun and moon put him out. When he bought a house, the first thing he did was to plant trees. He could not enough ...
... write a letter to a friend. He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures. The solitary river was not solitary enough; the sun and moon put him out. When he bought a house, the first thing he did was to plant trees. He could not enough ...
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... write one clean sentence. 'Tis worse, and tragic, that no man is fit for societyl who has fine traits. At a distance he is admired, but bring him hand to hand, he is a cripple.'| One protects himself by solitude, and one by courtesy ...
... write one clean sentence. 'Tis worse, and tragic, that no man is fit for societyl who has fine traits. At a distance he is admired, but bring him hand to hand, he is a cripple.'| One protects himself by solitude, and one by courtesy ...
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... rule otherwise for literature. If you would learn to write, 'tis in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine arts you must frequent the public square. The people, and so SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
... rule otherwise for literature. If you would learn to write, 'tis in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine arts you must frequent the public square. The people, and so SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
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... writer's home. A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light. Never his lands or his rents, but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ...
... writer's home. A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light. Never his lands or his rents, but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ...
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... writing a book on the subject, does not. It implies the evolution of a highly organized man, brought to supreme delicacy of sentiment, as in practical power, religion, liberty, sense of honor and taste.' In the hesitation to define what ...
... writing a book on the subject, does not. It implies the evolution of a highly organized man, brought to supreme delicacy of sentiment, as in practical power, religion, liberty, sense of honor and taste.' In the hesitation to define what ...
Contents
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DOMESTIC LIFE | 101 |
FARMING | 137 |
WORKS AND DAYS | 157 |
BOOKS | 198 |
SUCCESS | 281 |
OLD AGE 313 | 318 |
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