Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... 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 acres which might give them ...
... 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 acres which might give them ...
Page 291
... 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 , and its influence on POLITICS 291.
... 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 , and its influence on POLITICS 291.
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... poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense moral capacity , for their acquiescence in a political and social inferiority . They are content to be ...
... poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense moral capacity , for their acquiescence in a political and social inferiority . They are content to be ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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