Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 63
... faith in man which the heart is preaching to us in these days , and which engages the more regard , from the consideration that the speculations of one generation are the history of the next following . In alluding just now to our ...
... faith in man which the heart is preaching to us in these days , and which engages the more regard , from the consideration that the speculations of one generation are the history of the next following . In alluding just now to our ...
Page 199
... faith in society . The soul is not preached . The Church seems to totter to its fall , almost all life extinct . On this occasion , any complaisance would be criminal , which told you , whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith ...
... faith in society . The soul is not preached . The Church seems to totter to its fall , almost all life extinct . On this occasion , any complaisance would be criminal , which told you , whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith ...
Page 271
... faith by my abstin- ence . Your virtuous projects , so called , do not cheer me . I know that which shall come will ... faith and other faith ; and mine is a certain brief experience , which surprised me in the highway or in the market ...
... faith by my abstin- ence . Your virtuous projects , so called , do not cheer me . I know that which shall come will ... faith and other faith ; and mine is a certain brief experience , which surprised me in the highway or in the market ...
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