The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitudeHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1912 |
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Page 33
... Greece , of the Seven Wise Masters , of the acute and upright Socrates , and of the stoic Zeno ; in Judæa , the advent of Jesus , and , in modern Christendom , of the realists Huss , Sa- vonarola and Luther , are casual facts which ...
... Greece , of the Seven Wise Masters , of the acute and upright Socrates , and of the stoic Zeno ; in Judæa , the advent of Jesus , and , in modern Christendom , of the realists Huss , Sa- vonarola and Luther , are casual facts which ...
Page 56
... Greece , the Demos of Athens divided into political factions upon the merits of Phidias . In this country , at this time , other interests than religion and patriotism are predominant , and the arts , the daughters of enthusiasm , do ...
... Greece , the Demos of Athens divided into political factions upon the merits of Phidias . In this country , at this time , other interests than religion and patriotism are predominant , and the arts , the daughters of enthusiasm , do ...
Page 57
... Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them forever , for his mortal child , images to remind him of the Infinite and Fair . ' IV ELOQUENCE FOR whom the Muses smile upon , And ART 57.
... Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them forever , for his mortal child , images to remind him of the Infinite and Fair . ' IV ELOQUENCE FOR whom the Muses smile upon , And ART 57.
Page 115
... in lead , set in poverty . The greatest man in history was the poorest . How was it with the captains and sages of Greece and Rome , with Socrates , - cc with Epaminondas ? Aristides was made general receiver of DOMESTIC LIFE 115.
... in lead , set in poverty . The greatest man in history was the poorest . How was it with the captains and sages of Greece and Rome , with Socrates , - cc with Epaminondas ? Aristides was made general receiver of DOMESTIC LIFE 115.
Page 116
... Greece , to collect the tribute which each state was to furnish against the barbarian . Poor , " says Plutarch , " when he set about it , poorer when he had finished it . " How was it with Æmilius and Cato ? What kind of a house was ...
... Greece , to collect the tribute which each state was to furnish against the barbarian . Poor , " says Plutarch , " when he set about it , poorer when he had finished it . " How was it with Æmilius and Cato ? What kind of a house was ...
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