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Such,insomeattemptatanorganization,areafewofEmerson,sfavoriteideas,whichoccuroverandoveragain,nomatterwhatmaybethesubjectoftheessay.ThoughEmersonwastosomedegreeidentified,inhisowntime,withvariousmovementswhichhavehadlittleornopermanenteffect,yetaswereadhimnowwefindextraordinarilylittlethatsuggeststhelimitationsofhistimeandlocality.OftentherearewholeparagraphswhichifwehadreadtheminGreekwouldhaveseemedGreek.ThegoodsensewhichkepthimclearofBrookFarmbecausehethoughtFourier“hadskippednofactbutone,namelylife,”kepthimclearfrommanysimilardeparturesintomatterswhichthetwenty-firstcenturywillprobablynotremember.Thisisasitshouldbeintheessay,whichbycustomdrawsthesubjectforits“dispersedmeditations”fromthepermanentthingsofthisworld,suchasFriendship,Truth,Superstition,andHonor.OneofEmerson,ssourcesofstrength,therefore,ishisuniversality.AnothersourceofEmerson,sstrengthishisextraordinarycompactnessofstyleandhisrangeandunexpectednessofillustration.Hisgiftforepigramis,indeed,suchastomakeuslongforanoccasionalstretchofleisurelycommonplace.ButEmersonalwayskeepsusup—notlessbyhismemorabletersenessthanbyhisstartlinghabitofillustration.Helovestodartfromthepresenttotheremotestpast,tojoinnamesnotusuallyassociated,tolinkpaganwithChristian,orhumanwithdivine,insinglerapidsentences,suchasthatabout“Scipio,andtheCid,andSirPhilipSidney,andWashington,andeverypureandvaliantheart,whoworshipedBeautybywordorbydeed.”If,inspiteofalltheseadmirablequalities,Emerson,sideasseemtoovagueandunsystematictosatisfythosewhofeelthattheycouldperhapsbecomeEmersoniansiftherewereonlysomedefinitearticlestosign,itmustberememberedthatEmersonwishestodevelopindependenceratherthanapostleship,andthatwhenmenrevoltfromasystembecausetheybelieveittobetoodefiniteandoppressive,theyarelikelytogototheotherextreme.ThatEmersondidgosofartowardthisextremeidentifieshimwithaperiodnotableforitsenthusiasticexpansionofthought.Thathedidnotsystematizeorrestrictmeansthathewasobedienttotheideathatwhatreallymattersisnotthatbyexactterminology,clevertacticsandallthenicetiesofreasoningasystemofphilosophyshallbemadetightandimpregnableforotherstoadopt,butratherthateachofusmaybepersuadedtohitchhisownparticularwagontowhateverstarforhimshinesbrightest. 汉译英部分：
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