The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... lecture , but in writing it Mr. Emerson made use of passages from lectures in three distinct courses ; namely , that on " English Literature ” ( 1835–36 ) , on “ The Philo- sophy of History " ( 1836-37 ) , and on Human Life " ( 1837-38 ) ...
... lecture , but in writing it Mr. Emerson made use of passages from lectures in three distinct courses ; namely , that on " English Literature ” ( 1835–36 ) , on “ The Philo- sophy of History " ( 1836-37 ) , and on Human Life " ( 1837-38 ) ...
Page 421
... lecture . " " In a lecture called " The Present Age , " delivered in the following year , this expression occurs , his recognition of the awakening of those days to the need of individual , social , and political reform : Religion does ...
... lecture . " " In a lecture called " The Present Age , " delivered in the following year , this expression occurs , his recognition of the awakening of those days to the need of individual , social , and political reform : Religion does ...
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... lectures , after presenting strongly one side of his theme , suddenly to show the other aspect of it , almost ignored be- fore . This might be done in another lecture of the course , but often in the same one . In vain produced , all ...
... lectures , after presenting strongly one side of his theme , suddenly to show the other aspect of it , almost ignored be- fore . This might be done in another lecture of the course , but often in the same one . In vain produced , all ...
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