The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 69
... hope are alike beneath it . There is some- what low even in hope . In the hour of vision there is nothing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion be- holds identity and eternal causation ...
... hope are alike beneath it . There is some- what low even in hope . In the hour of vision there is nothing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion be- holds identity and eternal causation ...
Page 263
... and for ever safe ; that he was laid sweet in his grave , the hope of hu- manity not yet subjugated in him ? Who does not sometimes envy the good and brave who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the nat- HEROISM 263.
... and for ever safe ; that he was laid sweet in his grave , the hope of hu- manity not yet subjugated in him ? Who does not sometimes envy the good and brave who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the nat- HEROISM 263.
Page 267
... hope . He must explain this hope . We grant that human life is mean , but how did we find out that it was mean ? What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours ; of this old discontent ? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance ...
... hope . He must explain this hope . We grant that human life is mean , but how did we find out that it was mean ? What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours ; of this old discontent ? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance ...
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