Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must be sung,... The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 68by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884Full view - About this book
| 1838 - 536 pages
...last eighteen hundred years it has been in religion. We echo with joy the language of the orator. " Who can doubt that poetry will revive and lead in...constellation Harp which now flames in our zenith, as astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years. — p. 1. And again,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In the light of this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...harvests. Events, actions arise, that must be sung, that T will sing themselves. Who can doubt, tnat poetry will revive and lead in a new age, as the star...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In the light of this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association, seem to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association, seem to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions, arise, that...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association, seem to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must...shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years ? In the light of this hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are' rushing into ^ife, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of ( foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that...lead in a new age, as the star in the constellation j Harp, which now flames in our zenith, astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole-star for a... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions arise, that must....one day be the pole-star for a thousand years 1 In tbis^hope, I accept the topic which not only usage, but the nature of our association, seem to prescribe... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...close. The millions, that around us are rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events, actions, arise, that...Who can doubt, that poetry will revive and lead in a now age, as the star in tlie constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith, astronomers announce,... | |
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