Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 81
... Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
... Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
Page 103
... and whip the traitor . He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit , but there is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue . Commit a crime , and the earth is made of glass . Commit a crime , COMPENSATION . 103.
... and whip the traitor . He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit , but there is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue . Commit a crime , and the earth is made of glass . Commit a crime , COMPENSATION . 103.
Page 104
Ralph Waldo Emerson. earth is made of glass . Commit a crime , and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground , such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge and fox and squirrel and mole . You cannot recall the spoken ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. earth is made of glass . Commit a crime , and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground , such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge and fox and squirrel and mole . You cannot recall the spoken ...
Page 107
... earth from side to side . Hours of sanity and consideration are always arriving to com- munities , as to individuals , when the truth is seen , and the martyrs are justified . Thus do all things preach the indifferency of cir ...
... earth from side to side . Hours of sanity and consideration are always arriving to com- munities , as to individuals , when the truth is seen , and the martyrs are justified . Thus do all things preach the indifferency of cir ...
Page 123
... earth , moon , comet , sun , star , fall for ever and ever . • The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out , and thoroughly knows how knowledge is acquired and ...
... earth , moon , comet , sun , star , fall for ever and ever . • The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out , and thoroughly knows how knowledge is acquired and ...
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