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Page xiv
It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an assertion of the inalienable worth of man ; theoretically it ...
It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an assertion of the inalienable worth of man ; theoretically it ...
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But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all , they have outlived their hope , they renounce aspiration , accept the actual for the necessary , and talk down to the young . Let them , then , become organs of the Holy Ghost ...
But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all , they have outlived their hope , they renounce aspiration , accept the actual for the necessary , and talk down to the young . Let them , then , become organs of the Holy Ghost ...
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These benefactors hope to raise man by improving his circumstances : by combination of that which is dead , they hope to make something alive . In vain . By new infusions alone of the spirit by which he is made and directed , can he be ...
These benefactors hope to raise man by improving his circumstances : by combination of that which is dead , they hope to make something alive . In vain . By new infusions alone of the spirit by which he is made and directed , can he be ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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| Title | Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson The Camelot series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | W. Scott, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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