The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 21
... pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday . Now let colleges , now let senates take heed ! for here is 1 one who opening these fine tastes on the basis of CIVILIZATION 21.
... pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday . Now let colleges , now let senates take heed ! for here is 1 one who opening these fine tastes on the basis of CIVILIZATION 21.
Page 22
... in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter , as it flies over sea over land and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it , I look upon 22 CIVILIZATION.
... in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter , as it flies over sea over land and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it , I look upon 22 CIVILIZATION.
Page 75
... they value men only as they can forward the work . But a new man comes there who has no capacity for helping them at all , is insignificant , and nobody in the committee , but i has a talent for speaking . In the debate with ELOQUENCE 75.
... they value men only as they can forward the work . But a new man comes there who has no capacity for helping them at all , is insignificant , and nobody in the committee , but i has a talent for speaking . In the debate with ELOQUENCE 75.
Page 80
... But does any one suppose himself to be quite impregnable ? Does he think that not possibly a man may come to him who shall persuade him out of his most settled determination ? - for - - example , good sedate citizen as he is 80 ELOQUENCE.
... But does any one suppose himself to be quite impregnable ? Does he think that not possibly a man may come to him who shall persuade him out of his most settled determination ? - for - - example , good sedate citizen as he is 80 ELOQUENCE.
Page 108
... come to the persons and dwellings of men and read their character and hope in their way of life . Yet we are always hov- ering round this better divination . In one form or another we are always returning to it . The physiognomy and ...
... come to the persons and dwellings of men and read their character and hope in their way of life . Yet we are always hov- ering round this better divination . In one form or another we are always returning to it . The physiognomy and ...
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