The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... things which the government had brought into that garden of delights , namely , itch , pox and famine . Where- as in Malta , the force of law and mind was seen , in making that barren rock of semi - Saracen inhabitants the seat of ...
... things which the government had brought into that garden of delights , namely , itch , pox and famine . Where- as in Malta , the force of law and mind was seen , in making that barren rock of semi - Saracen inhabitants the seat of ...
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... things . But I fear they are too much given to the making of money ; and secondly , to politics ; that they make polit- ical distinction the end and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , —in short , of ...
... things . But I fear they are too much given to the making of money ; and secondly , to politics ; that they make polit- ical distinction the end and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , —in short , of ...
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... things , or there live , or there lie . " They hate craft and subtlety . They neither poison , nor waylay , nor assassinate ; and when they have pounded each other to a poul- tice , they will shake hands and be friends for the remainder ...
... things , or there live , or there lie . " They hate craft and subtlety . They neither poison , nor waylay , nor assassinate ; and when they have pounded each other to a poul- tice , they will shake hands and be friends for the remainder ...
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... things too finely ( which is charged on the Germans ) , con- stitute that dispatch of business which makes the mercantile power of England . -- In war , the Englishman looks to his means . He is of the opinion of Civilis , his German an ...
... things too finely ( which is charged on the Germans ) , con- stitute that dispatch of business which makes the mercantile power of England . -- In war , the Englishman looks to his means . He is of the opinion of Civilis , his German an ...
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... thing , have tried every thing , and can do every thing , and are quite superior to letters and science . What could they not , if only they would ? CHAPTER VII TRUTH HE Teutonic tribes have a national single- MANNERS 115.
... thing , have tried every thing , and can do every thing , and are quite superior to letters and science . What could they not , if only they would ? CHAPTER VII TRUTH HE Teutonic tribes have a national single- MANNERS 115.
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