The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 20
... passing daily away and he seeing things really and compre- hensively , is made by tribes . It is the learn- ing the secret of cumulative power , of advancing on one's self . It implies a facility of associa- tion , power to compare ...
... passing daily away and he seeing things really and compre- hensively , is made by tribes . It is the learn- ing the secret of cumulative power , of advancing on one's self . It implies a facility of associa- tion , power to compare ...
Page 37
... passes . The child not only suffers , but cries ; not only hungers , but eats . The man not only thinks , but speaks and acts . Every thought that arises in the mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every ...
... passes . The child not only suffers , but cries ; not only hungers , but eats . The man not only thinks , but speaks and acts . Every thought that arises in the mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every ...
Page 62
... play , a popu- lar assembly is that which has the largest com- pass and variety , and out of which , by genius and study , the most wonderful effects can be drawn . An audience is not a simple addition of 62 ELOQUENCE.
... play , a popu- lar assembly is that which has the largest com- pass and variety , and out of which , by genius and study , the most wonderful effects can be drawn . An audience is not a simple addition of 62 ELOQUENCE.
Page 73
... passing through the streets , which converts all the passengers into poets , but is forgotten as soon as it has turned the next corner ; and unless this oiled tongue could , in 7 Oriental phrase , lick the sun and moon away it ELOQUENCE 73.
... passing through the streets , which converts all the passengers into poets , but is forgotten as soon as it has turned the next corner ; and unless this oiled tongue could , in 7 Oriental phrase , lick the sun and moon away it ELOQUENCE 73.
Page 74
... pass the Sirens safely . ' There are all degrees of power , and the least are interesting , but they must not be con ... passing occurrences , and you have the mis , 74 ELOQUENCE.
... pass the Sirens safely . ' There are all degrees of power , and the least are interesting , but they must not be con ... passing occurrences , and you have the mis , 74 ELOQUENCE.
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