Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... church festivals . " The lord who compelled his boor to labour between sunset on Saturday and sunset on Sunday , forfeited him altogether . " The priest came out of the people , and sympathised with his class . The church was the ...
... church festivals . " The lord who compelled his boor to labour between sunset on Saturday and sunset on Sunday , forfeited him altogether . " The priest came out of the people , and sympathised with his class . The church was the ...
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... church . The Anglican church is marked by the grace and good sense of its forms , by the manly grace of its clergy . The gospel it preaches is , " By taste are ye saved . " It keeps the old struc- tures in repair , spends a world of ...
... church . The Anglican church is marked by the grace and good sense of its forms , by the manly grace of its clergy . The gospel it preaches is , " By taste are ye saved . " It keeps the old struc- tures in repair , spends a world of ...
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... church became complete . Nature , to be sure , had her remedy . Religious persons are driven out of the Established Church into sects , which instantly rise to credit , and hold the Establishment in check . Nature has sharper remedies ...
... church became complete . Nature , to be sure , had her remedy . Religious persons are driven out of the Established Church into sects , which instantly rise to credit , and hold the Establishment in check . Nature has sharper remedies ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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