The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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Page 5
... sense of having been met , and a larger horizon . On looking over the diary of my journey in 1833 , I find nothing to publish in my memo- randa of visits to places . But I have copied the few notes I made of visits to persons , as they ...
... sense of having been met , and a larger horizon . On looking over the diary of my journey in 1833 , I find nothing to publish in my memo- randa of visits to places . But I have copied the few notes I made of visits to persons , as they ...
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... sense of modern society , the utilitarian direction . which 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 ...
... sense of modern society , the utilitarian direction . which 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 ...
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... sense of superiority founded on habit of victory in 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 ...
... sense of superiority founded on habit of victory in 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 ...
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... sense , steadiness , wise speech and prompt action . But they have a singular turn for homicide ; their chief end of man is to murder or to be murdered ; oars , scythes , har- poons , crowbars , peat - knives and hay - forks are tools ...
... sense , steadiness , wise speech and prompt action . But they have a singular turn for homicide ; their chief end of man is to murder or to be murdered ; oars , scythes , har- poons , crowbars , peat - knives and hay - forks are tools ...
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... Sense and economy must rule in a world which is made of sense and economy , and the banker , with his seven per cent . , drives the earl out of his castle . A nobility of sol- diers cannot keep down a commonalty of shrewd scientific ...
... Sense and economy must rule in a world which is made of sense and economy , and the banker , with his seven per cent . , drives the earl out of his castle . A nobility of sol- diers cannot keep down a commonalty of shrewd scientific ...
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