Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxix
... effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of harmony with the law of things , which means lessening the joy and fulness of life . Evil is privative ( or , as Emerson puts it ...
... effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of harmony with the law of things , which means lessening the joy and fulness of life . Evil is privative ( or , as Emerson puts it ...
Page 87
... effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily ...
... effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself the effect of a finer cause . Everything looks permanent until its secret is known . A rich estate appears to women a firm and lasting fact ; to a merchant , one easily ...
Page 134
... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit here- after out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick ...
... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit here- after out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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