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" The actions and events of our childhood and youth are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions — with the business which we now have in hand. On this we are quite unable to speculate.... "
The United States Democratic Review - Page 328
1838
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...events of our childhood and youth are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions —with the...the brain of our body. The new deed is yet a part of life—remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative hour, it detaches...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. .Not so with our recent actions—with the business which we now have in hand. On this we...the brain of our body. The new deed is yet a part O f life—remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In §ome contemplative hour, it detaches...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1849 - 408 pages
...of our childhood and youth, are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions, — with...the brain of our body. The new deed is yet a part of life, — remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative hour, it detaches...
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The Art of Reasoning: A Popular Exposition of the Principles of Logic

Samuel Neil - Logic - 1853 - 314 pages
...consciousness IB capable of re-exerting itself. " We no more feel or know it (». e., a recent mental emotion) than we feel the feet, or the hand, or the brain of our body. The ncw deed is yet a part of life, remaining, for a time, immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Philosophy of nature - 1856 - 402 pages
...of our childhood and youth, are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions, — with...the brain of our body. The new deed is yet a part of life, — remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative hour, it detaches...
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

HODGES - 1856 - 780 pages
...like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions—with the business which we^have now in hand. On this we are quite unable to speculate....brain of our body. "The new deed is yet a part of life— remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative hour it detaches...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 48

Ireland - 1856 - 782 pages
...and events of childhood and youth are matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions — with the business which we^have now in hand. On this we are quite unable to speculate. Our affections as yet circulate through...
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

HODGES - 1856 - 780 pages
...and events of childhood and youth are matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions — with the business which we^have now in hand. On this we are quite unable to speculate. Our affections as yet circulate through...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1860 - 410 pages
...of our childhood and youth, are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions, — with...we are quite unable to speculate. Our affections as vet circulate through it. We no more feel or know it, than we feel the feet, or the hand, or the brain...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...of our childhood and youth, are now matters of calmest observation. They lie like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions, — with...the brain of our body. The new deed is yet a part of life, — remains for a time immersed in our unconscious life. In some contemplative hour, it detaches...
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