Essays, Lectures and OrationsWilliam S. Orr, 1851 - 568 páginas |
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... cause of human progress , which ever lies nearest his heart . And if we would in one sentence express what seems to us the chief excellence of Emerson , it would be , by quoting , as refer- able to his writings in a peculiar degree ...
... cause of human progress , which ever lies nearest his heart . And if we would in one sentence express what seems to us the chief excellence of Emerson , it would be , by quoting , as refer- able to his writings in a peculiar degree ...
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... their principle of association . Some men classify objects by colour and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists HISTORY . 5.
... their principle of association . Some men classify objects by colour and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic likeness , or by the relation of cause and effect . The progress of the intellect consists HISTORY . 5.
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... cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are surrounded by this all - creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , should we be such hard pedants , and magnify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time ...
... cause , the variety of appearance . Why , being as we are surrounded by this all - creating nature , soft and fluid as a cloud or the air , should we be such hard pedants , and magnify a few forms ? Why should we make account of time ...
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... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go , love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - na- tured and modest : have that grace ; and never varnish your hard ...
... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go , love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - na- tured and modest : have that grace ; and never varnish your hard ...
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... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
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