Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 111
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they ...
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they ...
Page 258
... less fear , less fable , less mixture of any sort . But turn it how we will , as we ponder this meaning of the times , every new thought drives to the deep fact , that the Time is the child of the Eternity . The main interest which any ...
... less fear , less fable , less mixture of any sort . But turn it how we will , as we ponder this meaning of the times , every new thought drives to the deep fact , that the Time is the child of the Eternity . The main interest which any ...
Page 277
... less genial to his faculties , but these are now in their general course so vitiated by derelictions and abuses at which all connive , that it requires more vigour and resources than can be expected of every young man , to right himself ...
... less genial to his faculties , but these are now in their general course so vitiated by derelictions and abuses at which all connive , that it requires more vigour and resources than can be expected of every young man , to right himself ...
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