The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 1st seriesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1903 |
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Page 13
... young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
... young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge , ere they fall , by infinite diameters . Genius watches the ...
Page 28
... young child , in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact , explained to ...
... young child , in repressing his spirits and courage , paralyzing the understanding , and that without producing indignation , but only fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact , explained to ...
Page 50
... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
... young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church . On my saying , " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions , if I live wholly from within ? " my friend ...
Page 60
... young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . In- stead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whis- tle from the Spartan fife . Let us ...
... young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . In- stead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whis- tle from the Spartan fife . Let us ...
Page 75
... young men miscarry in their first en- terprises they lose all heart . If the young mer- chant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not SELF - RELIANCE 75.
... young men miscarry in their first en- terprises they lose all heart . If the young mer- chant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not SELF - RELIANCE 75.
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