 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...strength the white man has lost. If the traveler tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...and the same blow shall send the white to his grave. 46. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...strength the white man has lost. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...the same blow shall send the white to his grave. The civilised man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...has lost his aboriginal strength. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle. He has a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...as if you struck the blow into soft pitch, and t\e same blow shall send the white to his grave. 7h' civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutch«, but loses so much support of muscle. He has got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 248 pages
...strength the white man has lost. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal,...soft pitch ; and the same blow shall send the white man to his grave. " The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...has lost his aboriginal strength. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle. He has a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...has lost his aboriginal strength. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle. He has a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1852 - 274 pages
...For everything that is given, something is taken. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He has a fine Geneva watch, but cannot tell the hour by the sun." These dicta are repeatedly, in other... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...has lost his aboriginal strength. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle. He has got a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...has lost his aboriginal strength. If the traveller tell us truly, strike the savage with a broad axe, and in a day or two the flesh shall unite and heal...and the same blow shall send the white to his grave. man hn? b\i;it 3 coach., the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lack~if~scr much support... | |
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The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle. He has a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. 
