Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... 110 7. PRUDENCE . 127 8. HEROISM 140 9. THE OVER - SOUL . 152 10. CIRCLES 171 11. INTELLECT . 185 12. ᎪᎡᎢ . 13. THE POET . 14. EXPERIENCE 15. CHARACTER 199 211 236 262 416919 PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307.
... 110 7. PRUDENCE . 127 8. HEROISM 140 9. THE OVER - SOUL . 152 10. CIRCLES 171 11. INTELLECT . 185 12. ᎪᎡᎢ . 13. THE POET . 14. EXPERIENCE 15. CHARACTER 199 211 236 262 416919 PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307 19. POLITICS 325 20. NOMINALIST AND REALIST . 340 EMERSON'S ESSAYS I HISTORY There is no great and no vi EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307 19. POLITICS 325 20. NOMINALIST AND REALIST . 340 EMERSON'S ESSAYS I HISTORY There is no great and no vi EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
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... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit to bend the shows of things to ... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like - I find true ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit to bend the shows of things to ... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like - I find true ...
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... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony . I What I must do is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally arduous in actual ...
... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony . I What I must do is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally arduous in actual ...
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... gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
... gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
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