Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... inspired the crusades , inspired resistance to tyrants , inspired self - respect , set bounds to serfdom and slavery , founded liberty , created the religious architecture - York , Newstead , Westminster , Fountains Abbey , Ripon ...
... inspired the crusades , inspired resistance to tyrants , inspired self - respect , set bounds to serfdom and slavery , founded liberty , created the religious architecture - York , Newstead , Westminster , Fountains Abbey , Ripon ...
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... inspiration which uttered itself in Hamlet and Lear could utter things as good from day to day , for ever . Why , then , should I make account of Hamlet and Lear , as if we had not the soul from which they fell as syllables from the ...
... inspiration which uttered itself in Hamlet and Lear could utter things as good from day to day , for ever . Why , then , should I make account of Hamlet and Lear , as if we had not the soul from which they fell as syllables from the ...
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... inspiration which we owe to narcotics , but some counterfeit excitement and fury . Milton says , that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods , and their descent unto men ...
... inspiration which we owe to narcotics , but some counterfeit excitement and fury . Milton says , that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods , and their descent unto men ...
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