The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 112
... Polycrates , ' the awe of prosperity , the instinct which leads every generous soul to impose on itself tasks of a noble asceticism and vicarious virtue , are the tremblings of the balance of justice through the heart and mind of man ...
... Polycrates , ' the awe of prosperity , the instinct which leads every generous soul to impose on itself tasks of a noble asceticism and vicarious virtue , are the tremblings of the balance of justice through the heart and mind of man ...
Page 399
... of the whaling in- dustry of both those towns , and Mr. Emerson used to repeat the anecdotes of peril and accident in hunting the monster which had been told him by his hosts . Page 112 , note 1 . favored Polycrates , the NOTES 399.
... of the whaling in- dustry of both those towns , and Mr. Emerson used to repeat the anecdotes of peril and accident in hunting the monster which had been told him by his hosts . Page 112 , note 1 . favored Polycrates , the NOTES 399.
Page 400
... Polycrates cast into the sea his emerald ring . Next day it returned to him in the stomach of a fish sent as a present . Amasis at once broke off the alliance , foreseeing in this event the impending doom of Polycrates . Revolt of his ...
... Polycrates cast into the sea his emerald ring . Next day it returned to him in the stomach of a fish sent as a present . Amasis at once broke off the alliance , foreseeing in this event the impending doom of Polycrates . Revolt of his ...
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