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And , plainly , there has been great power of sentiment at work in this island , of which these buildings are the proofs : as volcanic basalts show the work of fire which has been extinguished for ages . England felt the full heat of ...
And , plainly , there has been great power of sentiment at work in this island , of which these buildings are the proofs : as volcanic basalts show the work of fire which has been extinguished for ages . England felt the full heat of ...
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Thought may work cold and intransitive in things , and find no end or unity ; but the dawn of the sentiment of virtue on the heart gives and is the assurance that Law is sovereign over all natures ; and the worlds , time , space ...
Thought may work cold and intransitive in things , and find no end or unity ; but the dawn of the sentiment of virtue on the heart gives and is the assurance that Law is sovereign over all natures ; and the worlds , time , space ...
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There is power enough in them to move the world ; and it is not any sterility or defect in ethics , but our negligence of these fine monitors , of these world - embracing sentiments , that makes religion cold and life low .
There is power enough in them to move the world ; and it is not any sterility or defect in ethics , but our negligence of these fine monitors , of these world - embracing sentiments , that makes religion cold and life low .
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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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