Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... politics ; that they make political distinction the end , and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , -in short , of gentlemen , to give a tone of honour to the community . I am told that things are boasted of ...
... politics ; that they make political distinction the end , and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , -in short , of gentlemen , to give a tone of honour to the community . I am told that things are boasted of ...
Page 149
... political theo- rists . A wild courage , a Stoicism not of the schools , but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame . We need books of this tart cathartic virtue , more than books of political ...
... political theo- rists . A wild courage , a Stoicism not of the schools , but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame . We need books of this tart cathartic virtue , more than books of political ...
Page 175
... political parties , compute the power of badges and emblems . See the great ball which they roll from Baltimore to Bunker Hill ! In the political pro- cessions , Lowell goes in a loom , and Lynn in a shoe , and Salem in a ship . Witness ...
... political parties , compute the power of badges and emblems . See the great ball which they roll from Baltimore to Bunker Hill ! In the political pro- cessions , Lowell goes in a loom , and Lynn in a shoe , and Salem in a ship . Witness ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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