Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... religion . They do not feel responsible for it ; it lies far outside of them . Their loyalty to truth , and their labour and expenditure , rest on real foundations , and not on a national church . And English life ... RELIGION . RELIGION.
... religion . They do not feel responsible for it ; it lies far outside of them . Their loyalty to truth , and their labour and expenditure , rest on real foundations , and not on a national church . And English life ... RELIGION . RELIGION.
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... religion , cling to the last rag of form , and are dreadfully given to cant . The English ( and I wish it were confined to them , but ' tis a taint in the Anglo - Saxon blood in both hemispheres ) , the English and the Americans cant ...
... religion , cling to the last rag of form , and are dreadfully given to cant . The English ( and I wish it were confined to them , but ' tis a taint in the Anglo - Saxon blood in both hemispheres ) , the English and the Americans cant ...
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... religion , with all the locks and keys , into his custody ; and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion ; esteems his associating with him a sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety . So that a man may say ...
... religion , with all the locks and keys , into his custody ; and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion ; esteems his associating with him a sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety . So that a man may say ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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