The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 62
... passage of time , a selfish enjoyment of his sensations , and loss of perception of the sufferings of the audience . Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the govern- ment , is , to live under ...
... passage of time , a selfish enjoyment of his sensations , and loss of perception of the sufferings of the audience . Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the govern- ment , is , to live under ...
Page 217
... passage of love , and even philosophy and science , when they proceed from an intellectual integrity and are not detached and critical , have the imagi- native element . The Greek fables , the Persian history ( Firdusi ) , the Younger ...
... passage of love , and even philosophy and science , when they proceed from an intellectual integrity and are not detached and critical , have the imagi- native element . The Greek fables , the Persian history ( Firdusi ) , the Younger ...
Page 228
... passages of each book , the proud anecdotes of our heroes , the delicious verses we had hoarded ! What a motive had then our solitary days ! How the countenance of our friend still left some light after he had gone ! We remember the ...
... passages of each book , the proud anecdotes of our heroes , the delicious verses we had hoarded ! What a motive had then our solitary days ! How the countenance of our friend still left some light after he had gone ! We remember the ...
Page 256
... passage of arms , and which the people greet , may testify . How short a time since this whole nation rose every morning to read or to hear the traits of courage of its sons and brothers in the field , and was never weary of the theme ...
... passage of arms , and which the people greet , may testify . How short a time since this whole nation rose every morning to read or to hear the traits of courage of its sons and brothers in the field , and was never weary of the theme ...
Page 273
... passages in the defence of Nottingham against the Cavaliers , " It was a great instruction that the best and high- est courages are beams of the Almighty . " And whenever the religious sentiment is adequately affirmed , it must be with ...
... passages in the defence of Nottingham against the Cavaliers , " It was a great instruction that the best and high- est courages are beams of the Almighty . " And whenever the religious sentiment is adequately affirmed , it must be with ...
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Æschylus appears astronomy beauty Ben Jonson better called charm civil club Confucius conversation courage dæmons delight Demosthenes divine earth eloquence Emerson essay face fact feel force Gawain genius give Goethe Greece Hafiz hand hear heard heart heaven human imagination inspiration intel intellect Jotun journal king labor lecture live look Madame de Staël manners master Merlin mind moral nations Nature never Odoacer orator perception Persian persons Pindar Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry political RALPH WALDO EMERSON rhyme Saadi scholar sense sentence sentiment Shakspeare Simorg society Socrates song soul speak speech spirit talent things thou thought Timur tion true truth ture verse Viasa virtue voice whilst whole wise words write wrote young youth Zoroaster