The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 26
... sometimes the point of honor , as in the institution of chivalry ; or patriotism , as in the Spartan and Roman republics ; or the en- thusiasm of some religious sect which imputes its virtue to its dogma ; or the cabalism or esprit de ...
... sometimes the point of honor , as in the institution of chivalry ; or patriotism , as in the Spartan and Roman republics ; or the en- thusiasm of some religious sect which imputes its virtue to its dogma ; or the cabalism or esprit de ...
Page 43
... sometimes beauty and sometimes use . It will be seen that in each of these arts there is much which is not spiritual . Each has a ma- terial basis , and in each the creating intellect is crippled in some degree by the stuff on which it ...
... sometimes beauty and sometimes use . It will be seen that in each of these arts there is much which is not spiritual . Each has a ma- terial basis , and in each the creating intellect is crippled in some degree by the stuff on which it ...
Page 67
... sometimes the same individual will take active part in them all , in turn . This range of many powers in the consum- mate speaker , and of many audiences in one as- sembly , leads us to consider the successive stages of oratory ...
... sometimes the same individual will take active part in them all , in turn . This range of many powers in the consum- mate speaker , and of many audiences in one as- sembly , leads us to consider the successive stages of oratory ...
Page 75
... sometimes manifested by trained statesmen , with large experience of public affairs , when they observe the dispropor- tionate advantage suddenly given to oratory over the most solid and accumulated public ser- vice . In a Senate or ...
... sometimes manifested by trained statesmen , with large experience of public affairs , when they observe the dispropor- tionate advantage suddenly given to oratory over the most solid and accumulated public ser- vice . In a Senate or ...
Page 94
... power of Chatham , of Pericles , of Lu- ther , rested on this strength of character , which , because it did not and could not fear anybody , made nothing of their antagonists , and became sometimes exquisitely 94 ELOQUENCE.
... power of Chatham , of Pericles , of Lu- ther , rested on this strength of character , which , because it did not and could not fear anybody , made nothing of their antagonists , and became sometimes exquisitely 94 ELOQUENCE.
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