The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 24
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
Page 37
... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
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... thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro- portion to the depth of its sense does it knock importunately at the gates ...
... thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro- portion to the depth of its sense does it knock importunately at the gates ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. thoughts , but he is to be an organ through which the universal mind acts . In speaking of the ... thought . pacifie In eloquence , the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself ; when ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. thoughts , but he is to be an organ through which the universal mind acts . In speaking of the ... thought . pacifie In eloquence , the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself ; when ...
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... thought to the common affairs of this world , he introduces beauty and magnificence wherever goes . Such a power was Burke's , and of this genius we have had some brilliant examples in our own political and legal men . he V Imagery ...
... thought to the common affairs of this world , he introduces beauty and magnificence wherever goes . Such a power was Burke's , and of this genius we have had some brilliant examples in our own political and legal men . he V Imagery ...
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