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The Conduct of Life
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A mature Emerson essay collection on fate, power, wealth, culture, behavior, beauty, and illusion.
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The Conduct of Life
In “The Conduct of Life,” Emerson turns from inspiration to practical questions of fate, force, manners, wealth, culture, worship, and beauty. The essays show a later, tougher phase of his thinking about freedom and limitation.
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The Conduct of Life is a public-domain work: the author died in 1882, and the text was first published in 1860. This edition uses the original English text.
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- 01Full text
- 02THE
- 03CONDUCT OF LIFE.
- 04BY
- 05R. W. EMERSON.
- 06CONTENTS.
- 07I.
- 08FATE.
- 09FATE.
- 10II.
- 11POWER.
- 12POWER.
- 13III.
- 14WEALTH.
- 15WEALTH.
- 16IV.
- 17CULTURE
- 18CULTURE.
- 19V.
- 20BEHAVIOR.
- 21BEHAVIOR.
- 22VI.
- 23WORSHIP.
- 24WORSHIP.
- 25VII.
- 26CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY.
- 27CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY.
- 28VIII.
- 29BEAUTY.
- 30BEAUTY.
- 31IX.
- 32ILLUSIONS
- 33ILLUSIONS.
- 34THE END.
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