Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 194
... never surmounted , love is never outgrown . This sentiment lies at the foundation of society , and successively creates all forms of worship . The principle of veneration never dies out . Man fallen into superstition , into sensuality ...
... never surmounted , love is never outgrown . This sentiment lies at the foundation of society , and successively creates all forms of worship . The principle of veneration never dies out . Man fallen into superstition , into sensuality ...
Page 238
... never go backward , and in all churches a certain decay of ancient piety is lamented , and all threatens to lapse into apathy and indifferentism . It becomes us to consider whether we cannot have a real faith and real objects in lieu of ...
... never go backward , and in all churches a certain decay of ancient piety is lamented , and all threatens to lapse into apathy and indifferentism . It becomes us to consider whether we cannot have a real faith and real objects in lieu of ...
Page 268
... never let his brother go , but should refresh old merits continually with new ones ; so that , though absent , he should never be out of my mind , his name never far from my lips ; but if the earth should open at my side , or my last ...
... never let his brother go , but should refresh old merits continually with new ones ; so that , though absent , he should never be out of my mind , his name never far from my lips ; but if the earth should open at my side , or my last ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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