Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 65
... hands have done , all which human hands have ever done . Well , we are all the children of genius , the children of virtue , - and feel their inspirations in our happier hours . Is not every man sometimes a Radical in politics ? Men are ...
... hands have done , all which human hands have ever done . Well , we are all the children of genius , the children of virtue , - and feel their inspirations in our happier hours . Is not every man sometimes a Radical in politics ? Men are ...
Page 223
... 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 spare it . It shall be the same with my friends . I will never woo the loveliest . I will not ask any friendship or ...
... 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 spare it . It shall be the same with my friends . I will never woo the loveliest . I will not ask any friendship or ...
Page 280
... hands . But not only health , but education is in the work . Is it possible that I who get indefinite quantities of sugar , hominy , cotton , buckets , crockery ware , and letter paper , by simply signing my name once in three months to ...
... hands . But not only health , but education is in the work . Is it possible that I who get indefinite quantities of sugar , hominy , cotton , buckets , crockery ware , and letter paper , by simply signing my name once in three months to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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