Essays: First Series. Compensation
A world in perfect balance-so claims Emerson in Compensation, an essay that pulses with quiet defiance and deep assurance. No gain without loss, no misstep without lesson, no fortune without its hidden tax. It is neither fate nor blind justice but a living rhythm, an invisible hand that rights every scale, even when human eyes fail to see.
Emerson does not preach; he unfolds. The idea seeps in, settles, challenges. His words are not doctrine but a lens-through which prosperity and misfortune reveal themselves as two faces of the same coin. To take without giving, to rise without cost-impossible. The universe does not permit such imbalances to last.
In his signature style, Emerson moves between the poetic and the philosophical, the tangible and the transcendent. He speaks not to convince but to awaken. He does not offer comfort; he offers clarity. The reader who steps into Compensation may leave unsettled, yet somehow lighter, as if a long-unnoticed weight has been named, measured, and, at last, understood.
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Essays: First Series. Compensation
A world in perfect balance-so claims Emerson in Compensation, an essay that pulses with quiet defiance and deep assurance. No gain without loss, no misstep without lesson, no fortune without its hidden tax. It is neither fate nor blind justice but a living rhythm, an invisible hand that rights every scale, even when human eyes fail to see.
Emerson does not preach; he unfolds. The idea seeps in, settles, challenges. His words are not doctrine but a lens-through which prosperity and misfortune reveal themselves as two faces of the same coin. To take without giving, to rise without cost-impossible. The universe does not permit such imbalances to last.
In his signature style, Emerson moves between the poetic and the philosophical, the tangible and the transcendent. He speaks not to convince but to awaken. He does not offer comfort; he offers clarity. The reader who steps into Compensation may leave unsettled, yet somehow lighter, as if a long-unnoticed weight has been named, measured, and, at last, understood.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940193178262 |
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| Publisher: | Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing |
| Publication date: | 04/02/2025 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
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