Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 67
... 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.
... 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.
Page 68
Ralph Waldo Emerson. - - - - virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and mediatorial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity , any thing less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. - - - - virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and mediatorial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity , any thing less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the ...
Page 71
... of places . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
... of places . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
Page 74
... loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil , and a bill of exchange in his pocket , and the naked New Zealander , whose prop- erty is a club , a spear ...
... loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil , and a bill of exchange in his pocket , and the naked New Zealander , whose prop- erty is a club , a spear ...
Page 78
... lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit ...
... lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit ...
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