The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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Page 34
... appear to have been finished with a pencil instead of a plough . The solidity of the structures that compose the towns speaks the industry of ages . Nothing is left as it was made . Rivers , hills , valleys , the sea itself , feel the ...
... appear to have been finished with a pencil instead of a plough . The solidity of the structures that compose the towns speaks the industry of ages . Nothing is left as it was made . Rivers , hills , valleys , the sea itself , feel the ...
Page 43
... interior intellectual light . This appears conspicuously in the spiritual world . This light they derive from the liberty of speak- ing and writing , and thereby of thinking . " A CHAPTER IV RACE N ingenious anatomist has written a LAND 43.
... interior intellectual light . This appears conspicuously in the spiritual world . This light they derive from the liberty of speak- ing and writing , and thereby of thinking . " A CHAPTER IV RACE N ingenious anatomist has written a LAND 43.
Page 51
... appear to be of one stem , but collectively a better race than any from which they are derived . Nor is it easy to trace it home to its original seats . Who can call by right names what races are in Britain ? Who can trace them ...
... appear to be of one stem , but collectively a better race than any from which they are derived . Nor is it easy to trace it home to its original seats . Who can call by right names what races are in Britain ? Who can trace them ...
Page 53
... appear ; the poverty of the country makes itself remarked , and a coarseness of manners ; and , among the intellectual , is the insanity of dia- lectics . In Ireland are the same climate and soil as in England , but less food , no right ...
... appear ; the poverty of the country makes itself remarked , and a coarseness of manners ; and , among the intellectual , is the insanity of dia- lectics . In Ireland are the same climate and soil as in England , but less food , no right ...
Page 63
... appears in the boxing , bear- baiting , cock - fighting , love of executions , and in the readiness for a set - to in the streets , delight- ful to the English of all classes . The coster- mongers of London streets hold cowardice in ...
... appears in the boxing , bear- baiting , cock - fighting , love of executions , and in the readiness for a set - to in the streets , delight- ful to the English of all classes . The coster- mongers of London streets hold cowardice in ...
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