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" See already the tragic consequence. The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by... "
Complete Works - Page 116
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 3

Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these,—but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars...business is managed inspire, and turn drudges, or die of disgust—some of them suicides. What is the remedy ? They did not yet see; and thousands of young...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...indolent and complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these,—but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of 10 God, find the earth below not in unsion with these, — but are hindered from action by the...disgust, — some of them suicides. What is the remedy ? The ydid not yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unsion with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars...the earth below not in unison with these, — but arc hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed inspire,...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars...disgust, — some of them suicides. What is the remedy 1 They did not yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 pages
...Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shmed upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, — but arc hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed inspire,...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 pages
...and the complaisant. ^JSfoung men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars...and turn drudges, or die of disgust,"^— some of thcmjuicidcs. What is the remedy ? They did not yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now...
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Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars...these, but are hindered from action by the disgust wEich the principles on which business is managed inspire, and turn drudges, or die of disgust, some...
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