Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiv
... 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 was an assertion of ...
... 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 was an assertion of ...
Page 95
... 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 ; let them be lovers ; let them behold truth ; and their eyes are uplifted , 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 ; let them be lovers ; let them behold truth ; and their eyes are uplifted , their ...
Page 255
... hope to raise man by improving his circum- stances 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 re - made and ...
... hope to raise man by improving his circum- stances 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 re - made and ...
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