Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's strain . 1 . HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakspeare's strain . 1 . HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1 . HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to all individual men . Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same . He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1 . HISTORY . THERE is one mind common to all individual men . Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same . He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate . What ...
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... common origin of very diverse works . It is the spirit and not the fact that is identical . By a deeper appre- hension , and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills , the artist attains the power It has been said ...
... common origin of very diverse works . It is the spirit and not the fact that is identical . By a deeper appre- hension , and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills , the artist attains the power It has been said ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. It has been said that " common souls pay with what they do , nobler souls with that which they are . " And why ? Because a profound nature awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. It has been said that " common souls pay with what they do , nobler souls with that which they are . " And why ? Because a profound nature awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , the ...
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... gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ourselves with the original cir naments of architecture , as we see how each peo- cumstances we invent anew the orders and the or HISTORY . 23.
... gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ourselves with the original cir naments of architecture , as we see how each peo- cumstances we invent anew the orders and the or HISTORY . 23.
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