The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 21
... moral system ; that it presents men with truths which are their own reason , and enjoins practices that are their own justification ; that if miracles may be said . to have been its evidence to the first Christians , they are not its ...
... moral system ; that it presents men with truths which are their own reason , and enjoins practices that are their own justification ; that if miracles may be said . to have been its evidence to the first Christians , they are not its ...
Page 94
... moral charac- ter of the government . On the broaching of this question , a general expression of despondency , of disbelief that any good will accrue from a remonstrance on an act of fraud and robbery , appeared in those men to whom we ...
... moral charac- ter of the government . On the broaching of this question , a general expression of despondency , of disbelief that any good will accrue from a remonstrance on an act of fraud and robbery , appeared in those men to whom we ...
Page 95
... experience in affairs must have seen cause to appreciate the futility of opposition to the moral sentiment . However feeble the sufferer and however great the oppressor , it is in the nature LETTER TO PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 95.
... experience in affairs must have seen cause to appreciate the futility of opposition to the moral sentiment . However feeble the sufferer and however great the oppressor , it is in the nature LETTER TO PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 95.
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... moral force perpetually reinforces and dignifies the friends of this cause . It gave that tenacity to their point which has insured ultimate triumph ; and it gave that superiority in reason , in imagery , in eloquence , which makes in ...
... moral force perpetually reinforces and dignifies the friends of this cause . It gave that tenacity to their point which has insured ultimate triumph ; and it gave that superiority in reason , in imagery , in eloquence , which makes in ...
Page 146
... moral history , when there seemed room for the infusions of a skeptical philosophy ; when it seemed doubtful whether brute force would not triumph in the eternal struggle . I doubt not that , sometimes , a despairing negro , when ...
... moral history , when there seemed room for the infusions of a skeptical philosophy ; when it seemed doubtful whether brute force would not triumph in the eternal struggle . I doubt not that , sometimes , a despairing negro , when ...
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