Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiv
... follow boldly the generous promptings of the heart . It invested man , as the temple of the divine , with new significance . It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of ...
... follow boldly the generous promptings of the heart . It invested man , as the temple of the divine , with new significance . It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of ...
Page 101
... follow late after the offence , but they follow because they accompany it . Crime and punishment grow out of one stem . Punishment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it . Cause and ...
... follow late after the offence , but they follow because they accompany it . Crime and punishment grow out of one stem . Punishment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it . Cause and ...
Page 290
... follow , and not lead the character and progress of the citizen ; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of ; and ... follows at a distance the delicacy of culture and of aspiration . The theory of politics , which has possessed the ...
... follow , and not lead the character and progress of the citizen ; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of ; and ... follows at a distance the delicacy of culture and of aspiration . The theory of politics , which has possessed the ...
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