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Government should direct poor men what to do . Poor Irish folk come wandering over these moors . My dame makes it a rule to give to every son of Adam bread to eat , and supplies his wants to the next house . But here are thousands of ...
Government should direct poor men what to do . Poor Irish folk come wandering over these moors . My dame makes it a rule to give to every son of Adam bread to eat , and supplies his wants to the next house . But here are thousands of ...
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... the rich to encroach on the poor , and to keep them poor ; but mainly , because there is an instinctive sense , however obscure and yet inarticulate , that the whole constitution of property , on its present tenures , is injurious ...
... the rich to encroach on the poor , and to keep them poor ; but mainly , because there is an instinctive sense , however obscure and yet inarticulate , that the whole constitution of property , on its present tenures , is injurious ...
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What a testimony - full of grandeur , full of pity , is borne to the demands of his own nature , by the poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense ...
What a testimony - full of grandeur , full of pity , is borne to the demands of his own nature , by the poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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| Title | Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson The Camelot series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | W. Scott, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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