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Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)

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II MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

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III ELEMENTS AND MOTTOES

THE INFORMING SPIRIT

INTELLECT

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IV QUATRAINS AND TRANSLATIONS

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VI POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD 1823–1834

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INTELLECT

Go, speed the stars of Thought
On to their shining goals;—
The sower scatters broad his seed;
The wheat thou strew'st be souls.