The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 96
... measure of this power is the re- sistance of circumstances . Impure men consider life as it is reflected in opinions , events and persons . They cannot see the action until it is . done . Yet its moral element preƫxisted in the actor 96 ...
... measure of this power is the re- sistance of circumstances . Impure men consider life as it is reflected in opinions , events and persons . They cannot see the action until it is . done . Yet its moral element preƫxisted in the actor 96 ...
Page 133
... measure the importance of this class by their pretension , or imagine that a fop can be the dispenser of honor and shame , They pass also at their just rate ; for how can they otherwise , in circles which exist as a sort of herald's ...
... measure the importance of this class by their pretension , or imagine that a fop can be the dispenser of honor and shame , They pass also at their just rate ; for how can they otherwise , in circles which exist as a sort of herald's ...
Page 139
... measure . The love of beauty is mainly the love of mea- sure or proportion . The person who screams , or uses the superlative degree , or converses with heat , puts whole drawing - rooms to flight . If you wish to be loved , love measure ...
... measure . The love of beauty is mainly the love of mea- sure or proportion . The person who screams , or uses the superlative degree , or converses with heat , puts whole drawing - rooms to flight . If you wish to be loved , love measure ...
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