 Ideas, build for eternity ; and that the form of government which 'prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. We are superstitious, and esteem the statute somewhat : so much...  Essays - Page 194by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles E. Grinnell - 1871 - 404 pages
...but the wise know that the State must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen, and that the form of government which prevails is...population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. The history of the State sketches in coarse outline the progress of thought, and follows at a distance... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...and progress of the citizen ; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity ; and that the form of government...memorandum. We are superstitious, and esteem the statute somePOLITICS. what : so much life as it has in the character of living men, is its force. The statute... | |
 | Cazenovia Junior College for Women - 1877 - 962 pages
...becomes needless. The perfect man alone can realize the perfect state." Emerson says, similarly, " The form of government which prevails is the expression...cultivation exists in the population which permits it." I think you will all agree with me, that if this republican experiment is to prosper it will do so... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - 1878 - 56 pages
...but the wise know that the State must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen, and that the form of government which prevails is...population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. The history of the State sketches in coarse outline the progress of thought, and follows at a distance... | |
 | 1889 - 176 pages
...of their position, but stand for the defence of those interests in which they find themselves. . . . The form of government which prevails is the expression...population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. So much life as it has is in the character of living men." And heeding this admonition, let us not... | |
 | Alpha Delta Phi - 1889 - 176 pages
...of their position, but stand for the defence of those interests in which they find themselves. . . . The form of government which prevails is the expression...population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. So much life as it has is in the character of living men." And heeding this admonition, let us not... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1894 - 928 pages
...the twisting ; that the state must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen .... and that the form of government which prevails is...expression of what cultivation exists in the population that permits it." Probably one could in no way so merit the derision of earnest Populists as to sit... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1898 - 548 pages
...LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1898, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All rightt retent1f. "... The form of government which prevails is the expression...exists in the population which permits it. . . . The history of the State sketches in coarse outline the progress of thought and follows at a distance the... | |
 | 1899 - 438 pages
...in the twisting; that the State must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen; that the form of Government which prevails is the...population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. The history of the State sketches in coarse outline the progress of thought, and follows at a distance... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 200 pages
...the field and workyard, but a certain degree of taste is not to be spared in those we sit with. I 'HE form of government which prevails, is the expression...cultivation exists in the population which permits it. life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it... | |
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