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Self-Reliance, by Emerson
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- In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color.†
*yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Our age yields no great and perfect persons.
*yields = produces or gives
- What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text, in the face and behavior of children, babes, and even brutes!†
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)