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... time believe and make others believe that they see and utter truths , who do not of themselves clothe one thought in ... language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God .
... time believe and make others believe that they see and utter truths , who do not of themselves clothe one thought in ... language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God .
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... and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way ...
... and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ; A cripple in the right way ...
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Every scripture is to be interpreted by the same spirit which gave it forth , ” — is the fundamental law of criticism . A life in harmony with Nature , the love of truth and of virtue , will purge the eyes to understand her text .
Every scripture is to be interpreted by the same spirit which gave it forth , ” — is the fundamental law of criticism . A life in harmony with Nature , the love of truth and of virtue , will purge the eyes to understand her text .
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That which was unconscious truth , becomes , when interpreted and defined in an object , a part of the domain of knowledge , - a new weapon in the magazine of power . 1 CHAPTER V. DISCIPLINE . In view of the significance of LANGUAGE .
That which was unconscious truth , becomes , when interpreted and defined in an object , a part of the domain of knowledge , - a new weapon in the magazine of power . 1 CHAPTER V. DISCIPLINE . In view of the significance of LANGUAGE .
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Nature is a discipline of the understanding in intellectual truths . Our dealing with sensible objects is a constant exercise in the necessary lessons of difference , of likeness , of order , of being and a I seeming , of progressive ...
Nature is a discipline of the understanding in intellectual truths . Our dealing with sensible objects is a constant exercise in the necessary lessons of difference , of likeness , of order , of being and a I seeming , of progressive ...
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| Title | Nature: Addresses, and Lectures Volume 1 of Riverside ed. Complete works |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2013 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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