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Bo435 Posted 18 years ago
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confusing sentence

0In the essay "The American Scholar" by Emerson, he has a sentence that goes the following: "The soul active sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius; not the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man." What does the phrase "not the priviledge of here and there a favorite" mean? I'm having a tough time figuring that out. Thank you. 0-
  

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0why not just say "not the privilige of here and there"? What's the meaning of "a favorite" in this context? 0-
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0That question can only be answered by Mr Emerson. 050010id15
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