Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxi
... expression to his own best impressions and insights . The expression was , he thought , the main matter : expression is what we want ; not knowledge , but vent , . . . an utterance whole , generous , sustained , equal , and graduated at ...
... expression to his own best impressions and insights . The expression was , he thought , the main matter : expression is what we want ; not knowledge , but vent , . . . an utterance whole , generous , sustained , equal , and graduated at ...
Page 170
... expression . Notwithstanding this necessity to be published , adequate expression is rare . I know not how it is that we need an interpreter ; but the great majority of men seem to be minors , who have not yet come into possession of ...
... expression . Notwithstanding this necessity to be published , adequate expression is rare . I know not how it is that we need an interpreter ; but the great majority of men seem to be minors , who have not yet come into possession of ...
Page 194
... expressions of this senti- ment are sacred and permanent in proportion to their purity . The expressions of this ... expression , but in Egypt , in Persia , in India , in China . Europe has always owed to Oriental genius its divine ...
... expressions of this senti- ment are sacred and permanent in proportion to their purity . The expressions of this ... expression , but in Egypt , in Persia , in India , in China . Europe has always owed to Oriental genius its divine ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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