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Then we have it once again in sculpture , the tongue on the balance of expression , ' a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of action , and never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance ...
Then we have it once again in sculpture , the tongue on the balance of expression , ' a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of action , and never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance ...
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Agriculture , therefore , was a religious injunction , because of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , these propensities still fight out the old battle in the nation and ...
Agriculture , therefore , was a religious injunction , because of the perils of the state from nomadism . And in these late and civil countries of England and America , these propensities still fight out the old battle in the nation and ...
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Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology thinly veiling authentic facts , the invention of the mechanic arts , and the migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion with some ...
Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology thinly veiling authentic facts , the invention of the mechanic arts , and the migration of colonies ) , it gives the history of religion with some ...
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... when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- ...
... when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- ...
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Our housekeeping is mendi- cant , our arts , our occupations , our marriages , our religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born .
Our housekeeping is mendi- cant , our arts , our occupations , our marriages , our religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born .
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| Title | Essays, Volume 1 Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson Volume 6 of World's classics |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 354 pages |
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