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Page 8
... of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation .
... of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation .
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... of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation .
... of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation .
Page 74
We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force and do lean and beg day and ...
We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force and do lean and beg day and ...
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Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will ...
Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will ...
Page 55
The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force . It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - society ...
The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force . It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - society ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | John B. Alden, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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