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" There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel... "
History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar - Page 42
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 180 pages
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character,...
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Seed-grain for Thought and Discussion, Volume 1

1856 - 386 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which...
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A series of graduated exercises adapted to Morel's Grammar and analysis

John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...that plot of ground which is given to him to till. To prayer, repentance, and obedience due, Though but endeavoured with sincere jntent, Mine ear shall...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
....envy is ignorance,, ; that r imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel, of nourishing I ^••-•-i'corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is...
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A Manual of Elocution Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice

M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better or for worse, as his portion ; that, though the wide universe is...resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character,...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil VOL. i. 11 p bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil VOL. I. 11 P bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character,...
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Essays: First series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...which resides in him is new in nature, and none but lie knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face,...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better for worse as his poftion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no...resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character,...
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