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" The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess. Every sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It... "
The Medical Summary: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine, New Preparations - Page 2
edited by - 1916
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...people to live on a barren or on a rich soil ? 10. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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The Univercœlum and Spiritual Philosopher, Volume 3, Issues 1-26

Parapsychology - 1848 - 424 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers or scorpions. , The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its violation with its life. For every grain of wit, there is a grain of folly....
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect an excess. Every sweet has its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure, has an equal penalty...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess. Every sweet has its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure, has an equal penalty...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly....
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