The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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Page 31
... secrets to a good naturalist . ' Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather , bad company and taverns steal from the best economist . Classics which at home are drowsily ...
... secrets to a good naturalist . ' Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather , bad company and taverns steal from the best economist . Classics which at home are drowsily ...
Page 78
... secret ballot , is suf- fered in the island . In parliament , the tactics of the opposition is to resist every step of the government by a pitiless attack : and in a bar- gain , no prospect of advantage is so dear to the merchant as the ...
... secret ballot , is suf- fered in the island . In parliament , the tactics of the opposition is to resist every step of the government by a pitiless attack : and in a bar- gain , no prospect of advantage is so dear to the merchant as the ...
Page 93
... secret of war in which they have not shown mastery . The steam - chamber of Watt , the locomotive of Stephenson , the cotton - mule of Roberts , per- form the labor of the world . There is no de- partment of literature , of science , or ...
... secret of war in which they have not shown mastery . The steam - chamber of Watt , the locomotive of Stephenson , the cotton - mule of Roberts , per- form the labor of the world . There is no de- partment of literature , of science , or ...
Page 99
... secret of their power is their mutual good understanding . Not only good minds are born among them , but all the people have good minds . Every nation has yielded some good wit , if , as has chanced to many tribes , only one . But the ...
... secret of their power is their mutual good understanding . Not only good minds are born among them , but all the people have good minds . Every nation has yielded some good wit , if , as has chanced to many tribes , only one . But the ...
Page 125
... treacherous : tortures , it is said , could never wrest from an Egyptian the con- fession of a secret . None of these traits belong to the Englishman . His choler and conceit force every thing out . Defoe , who knew his country- TRUTH 125.
... treacherous : tortures , it is said , could never wrest from an Egyptian the con- fession of a secret . None of these traits belong to the Englishman . His choler and conceit force every thing out . Defoe , who knew his country- TRUTH 125.
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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