The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... RACE V. ABILITY 44 74 VI . MANNERS IC2 VII . TRUTH 116 VIII . CHARACTER 127 IX . COCKAYNE 144 X. WEALTH 153 XI . ARISTOCRACY 172 XII . UNIVERSITIES 199 XIII . RELIGION 214 XIV . LITERATURE 232 XV . THE TIMES XVI . STONEHENGE 261 273 ...
... RACE V. ABILITY 44 74 VI . MANNERS IC2 VII . TRUTH 116 VIII . CHARACTER 127 IX . COCKAYNE 144 X. WEALTH 153 XI . ARISTOCRACY 172 XII . UNIVERSITIES 199 XIII . RELIGION 214 XIV . LITERATURE 232 XV . THE TIMES XVI . STONEHENGE 261 273 ...
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... race , - and still we fly for our lives . The short- est sea - line from Boston to Liverpool is 2850 miles . This a steamer keeps , and saves 150 miles . A sailing ship can never go in a shorter line than 3000 , and usually it is much ...
... race , - and still we fly for our lives . The short- est sea - line from Boston to Liverpool is 2850 miles . This a steamer keeps , and saves 150 miles . A sailing ship can never go in a shorter line than 3000 , and usually it is much ...
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... his- tory of our race is so recent , if the roar of the ocean is silencing our traditions . A rising of the sea , such as has been observed , say an inch in a century , from east to west on the land VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 29.
... his- tory of our race is so recent , if the roar of the ocean is silencing our traditions . A rising of the sea , such as has been observed , say an inch in a century , from east to west on the land VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 29.
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... race has turned every rood of land to its best use , has found all the capabilities , the arable soil , the quarriable rock , the highways , the byways , the fords , the navigable waters ; and the new arts of intercourse meet you every ...
... race has turned every rood of land to its best use , has found all the capabilities , the arable soil , the quarriable rock , the highways , the byways , the fords , the navigable waters ; and the new arts of intercourse meet you every ...
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... were a design from the begin- ning to elaborate a bigger Birmingham . Nature held counsel with herself and said , ' My Romans are gone . To build my new empire , I will choose a rude race , all masculine , with brutish 42 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... were a design from the begin- ning to elaborate a bigger Birmingham . Nature held counsel with herself and said , ' My Romans are gone . To build my new empire , I will choose a rude race , all masculine , with brutish 42 ENGLISH TRAITS.
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