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" It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day because it is not of today. We love it and pay it homage because it is not a trap for our love and homage, but is self-dependent, self-derived, and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree, even if shown... "
The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 55
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pages
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye, Hoaour is venerable to us, because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day, because it is not of to-day. We love it and pay h homage, because it is not a trap for our love and homage, but is •elf-dependent, self-derived,...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. Honor is venerable to us because it is no epherneris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...immaculate pedigree, even if shown in a young person. 17. I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. llonor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. ; It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...person. I hope in these days we have heard the last of con* \ ,. formity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted \an"d ridiculous henceforward. Instead...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. Honour is venerable to us, because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree, even if shewn in a young person." Again : — " Man does not stand in awe of man, nor is the soul admonished...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. Honour is venerable to us, because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree, even if shewn in a young person. ~~~ I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency....
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day...last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adams's eye. Honour is venerable to us, because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adam's eye. Honour is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...Washington's port, and America into Adam's eye. Honour is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted, and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...Washington') P port, and America into Adam's eye. Honour is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day,...last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted, and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the...
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