Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxvii
... reforms are the removing of some impediment " —that is , some impediment to the free activity of the spirit , and the ... reform ; upon which he has much to say that is striking and helpful . : 66 He starts from the idea that the world ...
... reforms are the removing of some impediment " —that is , some impediment to the free activity of the spirit , and the ... reform ; upon which he has much to say that is striking and helpful . : 66 He starts from the idea that the world ...
Page 53
... reform , army - reform , extension of suffrage , Jewish franchise , Catholic emancipation - the abolition of slavery , of impress- ment , penal code , and entails . They praise this drag , under the formula that it is the excellence of ...
... reform , army - reform , extension of suffrage , Jewish franchise , Catholic emancipation - the abolition of slavery , of impress- ment , penal code , and entails . They praise this drag , under the formula that it is the excellence of ...
Page 253
... Reform of Reforms must be accomplished without means . The The Reforms have their high origin in an ideal justice , but they do not retain the purity of an idea . They are quickly organised in some low , inadequate form , and present no ...
... Reform of Reforms must be accomplished without means . The The Reforms have their high origin in an ideal justice , but they do not retain the purity of an idea . They are quickly organised in some low , inadequate form , and present no ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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