The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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... Free Public Library . The oration before the New England Society of New York in 1870 , printed by them in their recent volume , is not included , as most of the matter may be found in the Historical Discourse at Concord vi PREFACE.
... Free Public Library . The oration before the New England Society of New York in 1870 , printed by them in their recent volume , is not included , as most of the matter may be found in the Historical Discourse at Concord vi PREFACE.
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... Society of Quakers denied the authority of the rite altogether , and gave good reasons for disusing it . I allude to these facts only to show that , so far from the Supper being a tradition in which men are fully agreed , there has ...
... Society of Quakers denied the authority of the rite altogether , and gave good reasons for disusing it . I allude to these facts only to show that , so far from the Supper being a tradition in which men are fully agreed , there has ...
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... the great meadows which , in ages , it had formed . But the little society of men who now , for a few years , fish in this river , plough the fields it washes , mow the grass and reap the corn , shortly shall hurry from its banks.
... the great meadows which , in ages , it had formed . But the little society of men who now , for a few years , fish in this river , plough the fields it washes , mow the grass and reap the corn , shortly shall hurry from its banks.
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... society , appears a part of the connec- tion of events , and , in its place , necessary . - - - As far as history has preserved to us the slow unfoldings of any savage tribe , it is not easy to see how war could be avoided by such wild ...
... society , appears a part of the connec- tion of events , and , in its place , necessary . - - - As far as history has preserved to us the slow unfoldings of any savage tribe , it is not easy to see how war could be avoided by such wild ...
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... society until every atom falls into the place its specific gravity assigns it . It presently finds the value of good sense and of foresight , and Ulysses takes rank next to Achilles . The leaders , picked men of a courage and vigor ...
... society until every atom falls into the place its specific gravity assigns it . It presently finds the value of good sense and of foresight , and Ulysses takes rank next to Achilles . The leaders , picked men of a courage and vigor ...
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