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" The planter, who is Man sent out into the field to gather food, is seldom cheered by any idea of the true dignity of his ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman... "
Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Page 79
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 383 pages
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The Boston Quarterly Review, Volume 3

1840 - 532 pages
...cart, and sinks into a farmer, instead of man on a farm. The tradesman scarce gives an ideal value to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft, and his soul is subject to dollars. The priest becomes a form ; the attorney a statute book ; the mechanic...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 37

1844 - 452 pages
...strut about, so many walking monsters, — a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man. The priest becomes a form, the attorney a statute-book,...mechanic a machine, the sailor a rope of the ship." As a consequence of this, also, work becomes uninteresting and odious. After we have become thoroughly...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 2; Volume 37

1844 - 460 pages
...strut about, so many walking monsters, — a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man. The priest becomes a form, the attorney a statute-book,...mechanic a machine, the sailor a rope of the ship." As a consequence of this, also, work becomes uninteresting and odious. After we have become thoroughly...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond; and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an...statutebook ; the mechanic, a machine; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the whole theory of his office is contained. Him Nature...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an...; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state,...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an...; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated . intellect. In the right state,...
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The New Cratylus: Or, Contributions Towards a More Accurate Knowledge of the ...

John William Donaldson - 1850 - 732 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an...; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship." It was for this reason that the clear-headed Greeks denied the name of education (-¡ratafia)...
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Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Volume 6

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...seldom cheered by any idea of the true dignity of his ministry. He sinks into the farmer and is not man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the nature of his craft. The lawyer becomes a statute-book, the mechanic a machine.' " Here, however, we...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an...; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state,...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm. The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, tut is ridden by the routine of his craft, and the soul is subject to dollars. The priest becomes a...
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