Essays: First series, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - 343 páginas |
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... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The ada- mant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY .
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The ada- mant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY .
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... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , and in the search after truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor 32 HISTORY .
... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , and in the search after truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor 32 HISTORY .
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First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a ref- ormation . How many times in the history of the ...
First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a ref- ormation . How many times in the history of the ...
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... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , re- ligion ...
... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , re- ligion ...
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... moral . That soul which within us is a sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not postponed ...
... moral . That soul which within us is a sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not postponed ...
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