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The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America - Page 157
by Fredrika Bremer - 1854
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Essays and English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 636 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recvgnize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great...
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...and watch that gleam of light which 15 flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works 20 P 65 of art...
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Vocal Expression in Speech: A Treatise on the Fundamentals of Public ...

Henry Evarts Gordon - 1911 - 332 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with goodhumored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on...
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Library of Advertising, Volume 6

Axel Petrus Johnson - 1911 - 344 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firma- 15 ment4 of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spon- 20 taneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most5 when the whole cry of voices...
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The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Being Extracts from His Prose and Verse

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 196 pages
...those facts through, and to make them known. Representative Men. IN every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on...
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The Living Age, Volume 268

1911 - 796 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought because it is his. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this." This is one of the curious things in the...
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Helpful Hints on Writing and Reading

1911 - 180 pages
...conciseness will be, practically, promoted by the addition. WHATELT ORIGINALITY IS SINCERITY As Emerson says: "Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. ^hey_teach_iis Jo abide by^^ur spontaneous impressions with_good^mmpred ._jnflexibiljJ3z, is. __^___...
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The Art of Writing English: A Book for College Classes

Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on...
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English Prose: A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice of ...

Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...and watch that gleam of light which 15 flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of 20 art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression...
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