Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiv
... human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an ... human powers , the men of this movement felt that a new epoch had dawned for the race , when humanity , escaping from the ...
... human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an ... human powers , the men of this movement felt that a new epoch had dawned for the race , when humanity , escaping from the ...
Page 267
... human being , with such vivacity of apprehension , that I am instantly forced home to inquire if I am not deformity itself : to behold in another the expression of a love so high that it assures itself - assures itself also to me ...
... human being , with such vivacity of apprehension , that I am instantly forced home to inquire if I am not deformity itself : to behold in another the expression of a love so high that it assures itself - assures itself also to me ...
Page 328
... human mind , which as yet no man has thought of as such , -watching days and months , sometimes , for a few facts ; correcting still his old records ; -must re- linquish display and immediate fame . In the long period of his preparation ...
... human mind , which as yet no man has thought of as such , -watching days and months , sometimes , for a few facts ; correcting still his old records ; -must re- linquish display and immediate fame . In the long period of his preparation ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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