The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitudeHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1912 |
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Page 8
... youth is a reconnoitring and recruit- ing of the holy fraternity they shall combine for the salvation of men . But so the remoter stars seem a nebula of united light , yet there is no group which a telescope will not resolve ; and the ...
... youth is a reconnoitring and recruit- ing of the holy fraternity they shall combine for the salvation of men . But so the remoter stars seem a nebula of united light , yet there is no group which a telescope will not resolve ; and the ...
Page 17
... youths , joined or alone , To outdo each other and extort applause . Mind wakes a new - born giant from her sleep . Twirl the old wheels ! Time takes fresh start again , On for a thousand years of genius more . ' A CIVILIZATION a ...
... youths , joined or alone , To outdo each other and extort applause . Mind wakes a new - born giant from her sleep . Twirl the old wheels ! Time takes fresh start again , On for a thousand years of genius more . ' A CIVILIZATION a ...
Page 32
... youth and labor : when I see how much each virtuous and gifted person , whom all men consider , lives affectionately with scores of excellent people who are not known far from home , and perhaps with great reason reckons these people ...
... youth and labor : when I see how much each virtuous and gifted person , whom all men consider , lives affectionately with scores of excellent people who are not known far from home , and perhaps with great reason reckons these people ...
Page 52
... youth . ' Herein is the explanation of the analogies , which exist in all the arts . They are the re- appearance of one mind , working in many ma- terials to many temporary ends . Raphael paints wisdom , Handel sings it , Phidias carves ...
... youth . ' Herein is the explanation of the analogies , which exist in all the arts . They are the re- appearance of one mind , working in many ma- terials to many temporary ends . Raphael paints wisdom , Handel sings it , Phidias carves ...
Page 78
... youth yielded . In earlier days , he was taken by pirates . What then ? He threw himself into their ship , established the most extraordinary intimacies , told them stories , de- claimed to them ; if they did not applaud his speeches ...
... youth yielded . In earlier days , he was taken by pirates . What then ? He threw himself into their ship , established the most extraordinary intimacies , told them stories , de- claimed to them ; if they did not applaud his speeches ...
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