The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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... action of the people . It was not an extravagant ebullition of feeling , but might have been calculated on by any one acquainted with the spirits and habits of our community . Those poor farmers who came up , that day , to defend their ...
... action of the people . It was not an extravagant ebullition of feeling , but might have been calculated on by any one acquainted with the spirits and habits of our community . Those poor farmers who came up , that day , to defend their ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The assailants of slavery had early agreed to limit their political action on this subject to the abolition of the trade , but Granville Sharpe , as a matter of conscience , whilst he acted as chairman of the London ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The assailants of slavery had early agreed to limit their political action on this subject to the abolition of the trade , but Granville Sharpe , as a matter of conscience , whilst he acted as chairman of the London ...
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... action . It was inevitable that men should feel these motives . But they do not appear to have had an excessive or unreasonable weight . On reviewing this history , I think the whole trans- action reflects infinite honor on the people ...
... action . It was inevitable that men should feel these motives . But they do not appear to have had an excessive or unreasonable weight . On reviewing this history , I think the whole trans- action reflects infinite honor on the people ...
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... without a sympathetic injury to all the members . America is not civil , whilst Africa is barbarous . ! These considerations seem to leave no choice for the action of the intellect and the conscience of XI WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 145.
... without a sympathetic injury to all the members . America is not civil , whilst Africa is barbarous . ! These considerations seem to leave no choice for the action of the intellect and the conscience of XI WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 145.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. for the action of the intellect and the conscience of the country . There have been moments in this , as well as in every piece of moral history , when there seemed room for the infusions of a skeptical philosophy ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. for the action of the intellect and the conscience of the country . There have been moments in this , as well as in every piece of moral history , when there seemed room for the infusions of a skeptical philosophy ...
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