Essays - First SeriesThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 314 pages American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art. |
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... face , countenance , look ( looks ) , mien , visage ; fe En lige i -et , to look one full in the face ; ftaa til med , to stand face to face with , be full front with ; han saae ham alvorligt ind i -et , he looked him earnestly in the face ...
... face , countenance , look ( looks ) , mien , visage ; fe En lige i -et , to look one full in the face ; ftaa til med , to stand face to face with , be full front with ; han saae ham alvorligt ind i -et , he looked him earnestly in the face ...
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... face mask . Thus , Mil- stein did not even come to grips with the problem of cap makers dissatisfied for so long ... face hood insert used by both the Plaintiff and the Defendant which is intended to completely cover the neck and face of ...
... face mask . Thus , Mil- stein did not even come to grips with the problem of cap makers dissatisfied for so long ... face hood insert used by both the Plaintiff and the Defendant which is intended to completely cover the neck and face of ...
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... face with cursed reality. There are only two of them, but they seem to be everywhere at once; all the workers grow silent and slump, when one of them passes by. They are impossible to please; everything is wrong all the time; and they ...
... face with cursed reality. There are only two of them, but they seem to be everywhere at once; all the workers grow silent and slump, when one of them passes by. They are impossible to please; everything is wrong all the time; and they ...
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... face , especially of the right side , which to the patient at first felt hotter , and very soon she felt hot all over . Perspiration appeared in seventeen minutes , at first equal on both sides , but three minutes later it was much more ...
... face , especially of the right side , which to the patient at first felt hotter , and very soon she felt hot all over . Perspiration appeared in seventeen minutes , at first equal on both sides , but three minutes later it was much more ...
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Contents
4 | |
39 | |
Compensation | 80 |
Spiritual Laws | 112 |
Love | 145 |
Friendship | 164 |
Prudence | 188 |
Heroism | 207 |
The OverSoul | 226 |
Circles | 254 |
Intellect | 274 |
Art | 295 |
Endnotes | 313 |
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