Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 42
... English cannot interpret the German mind . German science comprehends the English . The absence of the faculty in England is shown by the timidity which accumulates moun- tains of facts , as a bad general wants myriads of men and miles ...
... English cannot interpret the German mind . German science comprehends the English . The absence of the faculty in England is shown by the timidity which accumulates moun- tains of facts , as a bad general wants myriads of men and miles ...
Page 43
... English genius . It is wise and rich , but it lives on its capital . It is retrospective . How can it discern and hail the new forms that are looming up on the horizon - new and gigantic thoughts which cannot dress them- selves out of ...
... English genius . It is wise and rich , but it lives on its capital . It is retrospective . How can it discern and hail the new forms that are looming up on the horizon - new and gigantic thoughts which cannot dress them- selves out of ...
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... English mind turns every abstraction it can receive into a portable utensil , or a working institution . Such is their tenacity , and such their practical turn , that they hold all they gain . Hence we say that only the English race can ...
... English mind turns every abstraction it can receive into a portable utensil , or a working institution . Such is their tenacity , and such their practical turn , that they hold all they gain . Hence we say that only the English race can ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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action animal appear beauty behold believe better character church conversation dæmon divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil eyes fact faith fear feel force genius give Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour means Milton mind moral nations nature never numbers opinion party perfect persons Phidias philosophy Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry political Portrait present race reform relations religion religious Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society solitude soul speak spirit stand Stoicism sublime SYDNEY DOBELL T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day Transcendental Transcendentalist true truth universal virtue Walter Lewin WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wise wish words write youth