Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 63
... believe in a power of education . We do not think we can speak to divine sentiments in man , and we do not try . We renounce all high aims . We believe that the defects of so many perverse and so many frivolous people who make up ...
... believe in a power of education . We do not think we can speak to divine sentiments in man , and we do not try . We renounce all high aims . We believe that the defects of so many perverse and so many frivolous people who make up ...
Page 64
... believe that the differences of opinion and character in men are organic . I do not recognise , beside the class of the good and the wise , a permanent class of sceptics , or a class of conservatives , or of malignants , or of ...
... believe that the differences of opinion and character in men are organic . I do not recognise , beside the class of the good and the wise , a permanent class of sceptics , or a class of conservatives , or of malignants , or of ...
Page 215
... believe in luck , believe in circumstances : It was somebody's name , or he happened to be there at the time , or , it was so then , and another day it would have been other- wise . Strong men believe in cause and effect . The man was ...
... believe in luck , believe in circumstances : It was somebody's name , or he happened to be there at the time , or , it was so then , and another day it would have been other- wise . Strong men believe in cause and effect . The man was ...
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