Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 12
... face ; the Quakers , a face ; the nuns , a face . An Englishman will pick out a dissenter by his manners . Trades and professions carve their own lines on face and form . Certain circumstances of English life are not less effective ; as ...
... face ; the Quakers , a face ; the nuns , a face . An Englishman will pick out a dissenter by his manners . Trades and professions carve their own lines on face and form . Certain circumstances of English life are not less effective ; as ...
Page 118
... face with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure . And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face . The bystanders look askance on him in the public street or in the ...
... face with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure . And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face . The bystanders look askance on him in the public street or in the ...
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... face to face from his infancy with Reality . A man who has accustomed himself to look at all his circumstances as very mutable , to carry his possessions , his relations to persons , and even his opinions , in his hand , and in all ...
... face to face from his infancy with Reality . A man who has accustomed himself to look at all his circumstances as very mutable , to carry his possessions , his relations to persons , and even his opinions , in his hand , and in all ...
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