Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 62
... force . All the men in the world cannot make a statue walk and speak , cannot make a drop of blood , or a blade of grass , any more than one man can . But let there be one man , let there be truth in two men , in ten men , then is ...
... force . All the men in the world cannot make a statue walk and speak , cannot make a drop of blood , or a blade of grass , any more than one man can . But let there be one man , let there be truth in two men , in ten men , then is ...
Page 165
... force him to stoop to the general level of mankind . Martial ridicules a gentleman of his day whose countenance resembled the face of a swimmer seen under water . Saadi describes a schoolmaster so ugly and crabbed , that a sight of him ...
... force him to stoop to the general level of mankind . Martial ridicules a gentleman of his day whose countenance resembled the face of a swimmer seen under water . Saadi describes a schoolmaster so ugly and crabbed , that a sight of him ...
Page 299
... force . It was never adopted by any party in history , neither can be . It separates the individual from all party , and unites him , at the same time , to the race . It promises a recognition of higher rights than those of personal ...
... force . It was never adopted by any party in history , neither can be . It separates the individual from all party , and unites him , at the same time , to the race . It promises a recognition of higher rights than those of personal ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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