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... describes his age , he also describes himself . He presents rejection of the false and love of the true , repudiation and embrace , doubt and faith , imbecility and spirit , as being inseparably involved with each other . Emerson's ...
... describes his age , he also describes himself . He presents rejection of the false and love of the true , repudiation and embrace , doubt and faith , imbecility and spirit , as being inseparably involved with each other . Emerson's ...
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... describe : But beside these original causes of pride and humility [ e.g. , beautiful possessions ] , there is a secondary one in the opinions of others , which has an ... describes it , sympathy both defines the Idealism and Relation 47.
... describe : But beside these original causes of pride and humility [ e.g. , beautiful possessions ] , there is a secondary one in the opinions of others , which has an ... describes it , sympathy both defines the Idealism and Relation 47.
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... describes his education at nature's hands . Earlier in " Discipline " he writes that a similar educational function " is per- formed by Property and its filial systems of debt and credit . Debt , grinding debt , whose iron face the ...
... describes his education at nature's hands . Earlier in " Discipline " he writes that a similar educational function " is per- formed by Property and its filial systems of debt and credit . Debt , grinding debt , whose iron face the ...
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