Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 19
... hand on his day's wages , on his cow , or his right in common , or his shop , he will fight to the Judgment . Magna ... hands of man had arranged the conditions . The same character pervades the whole kingdom . Bacon said , " Rome was a ...
... hand on his day's wages , on his cow , or his right in common , or his shop , he will fight to the Judgment . Magna ... hands of man had arranged the conditions . The same character pervades the whole kingdom . Bacon said , " Rome was a ...
Page 87
... hand that built can topple it down much faster . Better than the hand , and nimbler , was the invisible thought which wrought through it ; and thus ever , behind the coarse effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is ...
... hand that built can topple it down much faster . Better than the hand , and nimbler , was the invisible thought which wrought through it ; and thus ever , behind the coarse effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is ...
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... hands and feet ; but if it come not spontaneously , it comes not rightly at all . If it can spare me , I am sure I can ... hand , if he called at the door of his friend , and he was not at home , he did not go again ; concluding that he ...
... hands and feet ; but if it come not spontaneously , it comes not rightly at all . If it can spare me , I am sure I can ... hand , if he called at the door of his friend , and he was not at home , he did not go again ; concluding that he ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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