Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 80
... live in to - day . The only mode of obtaining an answer to these questions of the senses is to forego all low curiosity , and , accepting the tide of being which floats us into the secret of nature , work and live , work and live , and ...
... live in to - day . The only mode of obtaining an answer to these questions of the senses is to forego all low curiosity , and , accepting the tide of being which floats us into the secret of nature , work and live , work and live , and ...
Page 117
... live . My life is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain , so it be ... live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the ...
... live . My life is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain , so it be ... live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the ...
Page 148
... live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old , stale , weary work , and to commence A newer and a better . " Tis to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy ...
... live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old , stale , weary work , and to commence A newer and a better . " Tis to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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