Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 69
... objects it touches and brings within reach of the pupil , is his complacency . But chiefly is this apparent in creeds and churches , which are also classifications of some powerful mind acting on SELF - RELIANCE . 69.
... objects it touches and brings within reach of the pupil , is his complacency . But chiefly is this apparent in creeds and churches , which are also classifications of some powerful mind acting on SELF - RELIANCE . 69.
Page 94
... object , and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head , but not the dragon's tail ; and thinks he can cut off that which he would have , from that which he would not have . " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest ...
... object , and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head , but not the dragon's tail ; and thinks he can cut off that which he would have , from that which he would not have . " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest ...
Page 131
... object . A chemist may tell his most precious se- crets to a carpenter , and he shall be never the wiser , the secrets he would not utter to a chem- ist for an estate . God screens us evermore from premature ideas . Our eyes are holden ...
... object . A chemist may tell his most precious se- crets to a carpenter , and he shall be never the wiser , the secrets he would not utter to a chem- ist for an estate . God screens us evermore from premature ideas . Our eyes are holden ...
Page 144
... like menials , serve and wait on this , and , according to their ability , execute its will . This revisal or cor- rection is a constant force , which , as a tendency , - reaches through our lifetime . The object of the man 144 ESSAY IV .
... like menials , serve and wait on this , and , according to their ability , execute its will . This revisal or cor- rection is a constant force , which , as a tendency , - reaches through our lifetime . The object of the man 144 ESSAY IV .
Page 145
Ralph Waldo Emerson. reaches through our lifetime . The object of the man , the aim of these moments , is to make daylight shine through him , to suffer the law to traverse his whole being without obstruction , so that , on what point ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. reaches through our lifetime . The object of the man , the aim of these moments , is to make daylight shine through him , to suffer the law to traverse his whole being without obstruction , so that , on what point ...
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