The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... labor . He had read in Stewart's book that when he inquired in a New York hotel for the Boots , he had been shown across the street and had found Mungo in his own house dining on roast turkey . We talked of books . Plato he does not ...
... labor . He had read in Stewart's book that when he inquired in a New York hotel for the Boots , he had been shown across the street and had found Mungo in his own house dining on roast turkey . We talked of books . Plato he does not ...
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... labor , laws , opinion , religion take , is the natural genius of the British mind . The in- fluence of France is a constituent of modern civility , but not enough opposed to the English for the most wholesome effect . The American is ...
... labor , laws , opinion , religion take , is the natural genius of the British mind . The in- fluence of France is a constituent of modern civility , but not enough opposed to the English for the most wholesome effect . The American is ...
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... endurance in war and in labor . The spawning force of the race has sufficed to the colonization of great parts of the world ; yet it remains to be seen whether they can make good the exodus of millions from Great Britain RACE 45.
... endurance in war and in labor . The spawning force of the race has sufficed to the colonization of great parts of the world ; yet it remains to be seen whether they can make good the exodus of millions from Great Britain RACE 45.
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... English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of labor ; high bribes to talent and skill ; the island life , or the 48 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of labor ; high bribes to talent and skill ; the island life , or the 48 ENGLISH TRAITS.
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... labor and in war : and the appetite for superiority grows by feeding . I It is easy to add to the counteracting forces to race . Credence is a main element . ' T is said that the views of nature held by any people deter- mine all their ...
... labor and in war : and the appetite for superiority grows by feeding . I It is easy to add to the counteracting forces to race . Credence is a main element . ' T is said that the views of nature held by any people deter- mine all their ...
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American Arthur Hugh Clough beauty better Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich British Carlyle Causes Célèbres character Chartist church culture Duke Emerson wrote England English English Traits Englishman essay eyes Fate force French genius give Goethe heart Heimskringla Horatio Greenough horse human hundred illusion intellect John Sterling journal King labor land learned lecture limp band live London look Lord manners means mind moral nation nature never noble persons plant Plato Plutarch Poems poet poetry politics poor race RALPH WALDO EMERSON religion rich Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret sense Shakspeare society soul speak spirit Stonehenge talent things thou thought tion trade traits truth universe verse wealth whilst wise Wordsworth writes youth