The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 63
... for young men . Antiphon the Rhamnusian , one of Plutarch's ten orators , advertised in Athens " that he would cure dis- tempers of the mind with words . " No man has 2 a prosperity so high or firm but two or three ELOQUENCE 63.
... for young men . Antiphon the Rhamnusian , one of Plutarch's ten orators , advertised in Athens " that he would cure dis- tempers of the mind with words . " No man has 2 a prosperity so high or firm but two or three ELOQUENCE 63.
Page 116
... Plutarch , " when he set about it , poorer when he had finished it . " How was it with Æmilius and Cato ? What kind of a house was kept by Paul and John , by Milton and Marvell , by Samuel Johnson , by Samuel Adams . in Boston and Jean ...
... Plutarch , " when he set about it , poorer when he had finished it . " How was it with Æmilius and Cato ? What kind of a house was kept by Paul and John , by Milton and Marvell , by Samuel Johnson , by Samuel Adams . in Boston and Jean ...
Page 120
... Plutarch or Goldsmith ; the warm sympathy with which they kindle each other in school- yard or in barn or wood - shed with scraps of poetry or song , with phrases of the last oration , or mimicry of the orator ; the youthful criticism ...
... Plutarch or Goldsmith ; the warm sympathy with which they kindle each other in school- yard or in barn or wood - shed with scraps of poetry or song , with phrases of the last oration , or mimicry of the orator ; the youthful criticism ...
Page 190
... come from high intellectual action . Thus , I think , we often owe to them the perception of immortality . They impart sympathetic activity to the moral power . Go with mean people and I you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch 190 ...
... come from high intellectual action . Thus , I think , we often owe to them the perception of immortality . They impart sympathetic activity to the moral power . Go with mean people and I you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch 190 ...
Page 191
Ralph Waldo Emerson. I you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch , and the world is a proud place , peopled with men of positive quality , with heroes and demi- gods standing around us , who will not let us sleep . Then , they address ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. I you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch , and the world is a proud place , peopled with men of positive quality , with heroes and demi- gods standing around us , who will not let us sleep . Then , they address ...
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