Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 65
... look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me , and do the same thing . The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard , and mere antinomianism ; and the bold ...
... look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me , and do the same thing . The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard , and mere antinomianism ; and the bold ...
Page 67
... allow themselves ! That which they call a holy office is not so much as brave and manly . Prayer looks abroad and asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign - - - - virtue , and loses itself in SELF - RELIANCE . 67.
... allow themselves ! That which they call a holy office is not so much as brave and manly . Prayer looks abroad and asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign - - - - virtue , and loses itself in SELF - RELIANCE . 67.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on ...
Page 91
... looks like a multiplication - table , or a mathematical equation , which , turn it how you will , balances itself . Take what figure you will , its exact value , nor more nor less , still returns to you . Every secret is told , eve- ry ...
... looks like a multiplication - table , or a mathematical equation , which , turn it how you will , balances itself . Take what figure you will , its exact value , nor more nor less , still returns to you . Every secret is told , eve- ry ...
Page 110
... Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they will upbraid God . What should they do ? It seems a great injustice 110 ESSAY III .
... Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they will upbraid God . What should they do ? It seems a great injustice 110 ESSAY III .
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