Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... feel as in the presence of a sane , virile personality , which we value , not for any set opinions , but for the suggestiveness and impulse conveyed . It is true to say of Emerson what Lecky says of Emerson's familiar friend , Montaigne ...
... feel as in the presence of a sane , virile personality , which we value , not for any set opinions , but for the suggestiveness and impulse conveyed . It is true to say of Emerson what Lecky says of Emerson's familiar friend , Montaigne ...
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... feel that a man's talents stand in the way of his advancement in truth . But genius is religious . It is a larger imbibing of the common heart . It is not anomalous , but more like , and not less like other men . There is , in all great ...
... feel that a man's talents stand in the way of his advancement in truth . But genius is religious . It is a larger imbibing of the common heart . It is not anomalous , but more like , and not less like other men . There is , in all great ...
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... feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they will upbraid God . What ...
... feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they will upbraid God . What ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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