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" I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books, as proof that justice was done; that if the results of our history are approved as wise and good, it... "
Complete Works - Page 52
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
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The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Ralph Waldo Emerson. John Lothrop Motely

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 588 pages
...very small consideration. The ill-spelled pages of the town records contain the result. I shall he excused for confessing that I have set a value upon...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." There was nothing in this address which the plainest of Concord's citizens could not read understandingly...
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Emerson in Concord: A Memoir

Edward Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 286 pages
...actions that he would have been ashamed of anywhere but amongst his neighbors," because all this shows " that if the results of our history are approved as...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." He sat among his neighbors and watched the plain men of the town manage their affairs with the courage...
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... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes ...: Ralph Waldo Emerson, John ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 pages
.... . . "The matters there debated (in town meetings) are such as to invite very small consideration. The ill-spelled pages of the town records contain...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." There was nothing in this address which the plainest of Concord's citizens could not read understandingly...
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Works, Volume 11

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 pages
.... . . "The matters there debated (in town meetings) are such as to invite very small consideration. The ill-spelled pages of the town records contain...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." There was nothing in this address which the plainest of Concord's citizens could not read understandingly...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. John Lathrop Motley

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 608 pages
.... . . "The matters there debated (in town meetings) are such as to invite very small consideration. The ill-spelled pages of the town records contain...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." There was nothing in this address which the plainest of Concord's citizens could not read understandingly...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley: Two Memoirs

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
.... . . "The matters there debated (in town meetings) are such as to invite very small consideration. The ill-spelled pages of the town records contain...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." There was nothing in this address which the plainest of Concord's citizens could not read understandingly...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Lothrop Motley

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 606 pages
...illustrating the working of our American institutions and the character of the men of Concord : — "If the good counsel prevailed, the sneaking counsel...assurance of man's capacity for self-government." What names that plain New England town reckons in the roll of its inhabitants ! Stout Major Buttriek...
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The New England Society Orations: Addresses, Sermons, and Poems ..., Volume 2

Cephas Brainerd, Eveline Warner Brainerd - 1901 - 446 pages
...be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon every symptom of meanness and pique in those antique books, as proof that justice was done : that...the sneaking counsel did not fail to be suggested ; and freedom and virtue, if they triumphed, triumphed in a fair field. And so be it an everlasting...
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The New England Society Orations: Addresses, Sermons, and Poems ..., Volume 2

Cephas Brainerd, Eveline Warner Brainerd - 1901 - 440 pages
...be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon every symptom of meanness and pique in those antique books, as proof that justice was done: that...the sneaking counsel did not fail to be suggested ; and freedom and virtue, if they triumphed, triumphed in a fair field. And so be it an everlasting...
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The New England Society Orations: Addresses ..., Volume 2; Volume 69; Volume 777

Cephas Brainerd, Eveline Warner Brainerd - 1901 - 444 pages
...be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon every symptom of meanness and pique in those antique books, as proof that justice was done: that...the sneaking counsel did not fail to be suggested ; and freedom and virtue, if they triumphed, triumphed in a fair field. And so be it an everlasting...
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