The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitudeHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1912 |
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Page 14
... wish to be alone . Society exists by chemical affinity , and not other- wise . Put any company of people together with free- dom for conversation , and a rapid self - distribu- tion takes place into sets and pairs . The best are accused ...
... wish to be alone . Society exists by chemical affinity , and not other- wise . Put any company of people together with free- dom for conversation , and a rapid self - distribu- tion takes place into sets and pairs . The best are accused ...
Page 64
... wishes to converse with the meanest of the Lacedæmonians , he will at first find him despicable in conversation , but when a proper opportunity offers , this same per- son , like a skilful jaculator , will hurl a sentence worthy of ...
... wishes to converse with the meanest of the Lacedæmonians , he will at first find him despicable in conversation , but when a proper opportunity offers , this same per- son , like a skilful jaculator , will hurl a sentence worthy of ...
Page 65
... wishes , that which eloquence ought to reach , is not a particular skill in tell- ing a story , or neatly summing up evidence , or arguing logically , or dexterously addressing the prejudice of the company , -no , but a taking sovereign ...
... wishes , that which eloquence ought to reach , is not a particular skill in tell- ing a story , or neatly summing up evidence , or arguing logically , or dexterously addressing the prejudice of the company , -no , but a taking sovereign ...
Page 76
... wish for is a mind equal to any exigency . You are safe in your rural district , or in the city , in broad daylight , amidst the police , and under the eyes of a hundred thousand people . But how is - it on the Atlantic , in a storm ...
... wish for is a mind equal to any exigency . You are safe in your rural district , or in the city , in broad daylight , amidst the police , and under the eyes of a hundred thousand people . But how is - it on the Atlantic , in a storm ...
Page 85
... wishes it , and lead the conversation , no matter what genius or distinction other men there present may have ; and in ... wish to sift the statements and know what the truth is . And in the examina- tion of witnesses there usually leap ...
... wishes it , and lead the conversation , no matter what genius or distinction other men there present may have ; and in ... wish to sift the statements and know what the truth is . And in the examina- tion of witnesses there usually leap ...
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