The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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... look complacently at these obvious pleasures and values of good companions , I do not forget that Nature is always very much in earnest , and that her great gifts have something serious and stern . When we look for the highest benefits ...
... look complacently at these obvious pleasures and values of good companions , I do not forget that Nature is always very much in earnest , and that her great gifts have something serious and stern . When we look for the highest benefits ...
Page 287
... Look out , look out , Svend Vonved ! " I These feats that we extol do not signify so much as we say . These boasted arts are of very recent origin . They are local conveniences , but do not really add to our stature . The greatest men ...
... Look out , look out , Svend Vonved ! " I These feats that we extol do not signify so much as we say . These boasted arts are of very recent origin . They are local conveniences , but do not really add to our stature . The greatest men ...
Page 391
... look as if they might be railroad agents any day . We shall never see Cyrus Hubbard or Ephraim Wheeler or Grass - and - oats or Oats - and- grass , old Barrett or Hosmer , in the next generation . These old Saxons have the look of pine ...
... look as if they might be railroad agents any day . We shall never see Cyrus Hubbard or Ephraim Wheeler or Grass - and - oats or Oats - and- grass , old Barrett or Hosmer , in the next generation . These old Saxons have the look of pine ...
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