The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 149
... better than a beautiful face ; a beauti- ful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts . A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of ...
... better than a beautiful face ; a beauti- ful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts . A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of ...
Page 207
... better for us , because the religious sentiment of the present time ac- cords better with it . Born democrats , we are nowise qualified to judge of monarchy , which , to our fathers living in the monarchical idea , was also relatively ...
... better for us , because the religious sentiment of the present time ac- cords better with it . Born democrats , we are nowise qualified to judge of monarchy , which , to our fathers living in the monarchical idea , was also relatively ...
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... better than silence ; si- lence is better than speech ; - All things are in contact ; every atom has a sphere of repulsion ; -Things are , and are not , at the same time ; —and the like . All the universe over , there is but one thing ...
... better than silence ; si- lence is better than speech ; - All things are in contact ; every atom has a sphere of repulsion ; -Things are , and are not , at the same time ; —and the like . All the universe over , there is but one thing ...
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