Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 89
... write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expres- sion , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world ; but yesterday I saw a dreary ...
... write what I please . I see no reason why I should not have the same thought , the same power of expres- sion , to - morrow . What I write , whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world ; but yesterday I saw a dreary ...
Page 171
... writes primarily what will and must be spoken , reckoning the others , though primaries also , yet , in respect to him ... write down these cadences more faithfully , and these transcripts , though imperfect , become the songs of the ...
... writes primarily what will and must be spoken , reckoning the others , though primaries also , yet , in respect to him ... write down these cadences more faithfully , and these transcripts , though imperfect , become the songs of the ...
Page 322
... write its own books ; or rather , each generation for the next succeeding . The books of an older period will not ... writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled , the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts ...
... write its own books ; or rather , each generation for the next succeeding . The books of an older period will not ... writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled , the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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