Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxviii
Ralph Waldo Emerson. He finds that this idea prevails neither in the home , the school , nor in our social life and institutions , but the lower ideas of comfort , of luxury , of money - getting . And our relations to our fellows are ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. He finds that this idea prevails neither in the home , the school , nor in our social life and institutions , but the lower ideas of comfort , of luxury , of money - getting . And our relations to our fellows are ...
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... idea after which all his facts are classified . He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own . The life of man is a self - evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides ...
... idea after which all his facts are classified . He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own . The life of man is a self - evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides ...
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... idea , and all must be seen , in order to do justice to any one . Seen in this their natural connection , they are ... idea of the Beautiful and the Just . The history of reform is always identical , it is the comparison of the idea with ...
... idea , and all must be seen , in order to do justice to any one . Seen in this their natural connection , they are ... idea of the Beautiful and the Just . The history of reform is always identical , it is the comparison of the idea with ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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