The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 97
... Character may be ranked as having its natural place in the north . It shares the mag- netic currents of the system . The feeble souls are drawn to the south or negative pole . They look at the profit or hurt ... character . III CHARACTER 97.
... Character may be ranked as having its natural place in the north . It shares the mag- netic currents of the system . The feeble souls are drawn to the south or negative pole . They look at the profit or hurt ... character . III CHARACTER 97.
Page 105
... character . Strange alternation of attraction and repulsion ! Character repudiates intellect , yet excites it ; and character passes into thought , is published so , and then is ashamed before new flashes of moral worth . Character is ...
... character . Strange alternation of attraction and repulsion ! Character repudiates intellect , yet excites it ; and character passes into thought , is published so , and then is ashamed before new flashes of moral worth . Character is ...
Page 114
... character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to for- tune , and who was hanged at the Tyburn of his nation , who , by the pure quality of his nature , shed an epic splendor around the facts of his death ...
... character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to for- tune , and who was hanged at the Tyburn of his nation , who , by the pure quality of his nature , shed an epic splendor around the facts of his death ...
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