The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 154
... nature and office of war . We see it is the subject of all history ; that it has been the principal employment of the most con- spicuous men ; that it is at this moment the delight of half the world , of almost all young and ignorant ...
... nature and office of war . We see it is the subject of all history ; that it has been the principal employment of the most con- spicuous men ; that it is at this moment the delight of half the world , of almost all young and ignorant ...
Page 155
Ralph Waldo Emerson. beneficent principle , which Nature had deeply at heart ? What is that principle ? — It is self- help . Nature implants with life the instinct of self - help , perpetual struggle to be , to resist opposition , to ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. beneficent principle , which Nature had deeply at heart ? What is that principle ? — It is self- help . Nature implants with life the instinct of self - help , perpetual struggle to be , to resist opposition , to ...
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... nature ; and our education is not conducted by toys and luxuries , but by austere and rugged masters , by poverty , solitude , passions , War , Slavery ; to know that Paradise is under the shadow of swords ; that divine sentiments which ...
... nature ; and our education is not conducted by toys and luxuries , but by austere and rugged masters , by poverty , solitude , passions , War , Slavery ; to know that Paradise is under the shadow of swords ; that divine sentiments which ...
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... Nature is not so helpless but it can rid itself at last of every wrong . ' But the spasms of Nature are centuries and ages , and will tax the faith of short - lived men . Slowly , slowly the Avenger comes , but comes surely . The ...
... Nature is not so helpless but it can rid itself at last of every wrong . ' But the spasms of Nature are centuries and ages , and will tax the faith of short - lived men . Slowly , slowly the Avenger comes , but comes surely . The ...
Page 292
... nature and all souls testify to the same . Ah , my brave brother ! it seems as if , in a frivolous age , our loss were immense , and your place cannot be supplied . But you will already be consoled in the transfer of your genius , know ...
... nature and all souls testify to the same . Ah , my brave brother ! it seems as if , in a frivolous age , our loss were immense , and your place cannot be supplied . But you will already be consoled in the transfer of your genius , know ...
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