The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 11
... spirit and they are life . " Whilst I am upon this topic , I cannot help remarking that it is not a little singular that we should have preserved this rite and insisted upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have ...
... spirit and they are life . " Whilst I am upon this topic , I cannot help remarking that it is not a little singular that we should have preserved this rite and insisted upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have ...
Page 16
... spirit of Christianity than was the prac- tice of the early ages . II . But it is said : " Admit that the rite was not designed to be perpetual . What harm doth it ? Here it stands , generally accepted , under some form , by the ...
... spirit of Christianity than was the prac- tice of the early ages . II . But it is said : " Admit that the rite was not designed to be perpetual . What harm doth it ? Here it stands , generally accepted , under some form , by the ...
Page 20
... spirit of Christianity . The general object and effect of the ordinance is unexceptionable . It has been , and is , I doubt not , the occasion of indefinite good ; but an importance is given by Christians to it which never can belong to ...
... spirit of Christianity . The general object and effect of the ordinance is unexceptionable . It has been , and is , I doubt not , the occasion of indefinite good ; but an importance is given by Christians to it which never can belong to ...
Page 59
... spirit exhibited by a few of the Indian chiefs . A nameless Wampanoag who was put to death by the Mohicans , after cruel tortures , was asked by his butchers , during the torture , how he liked the war ? - he said , " he found it as ...
... spirit exhibited by a few of the Indian chiefs . A nameless Wampanoag who was put to death by the Mohicans , after cruel tortures , was asked by his butchers , during the torture , how he liked the war ? - he said , " he found it as ...
Page 67
... Representative any instruc- tions about any important affair to be transacted by the General Court , concerning the Stamp Act , " 3 to the peace of 1783 , the Town Records 3 breathe a resolute and warlike spirit , so bold from AT CONCORD ...
... Representative any instruc- tions about any important affair to be transacted by the General Court , concerning the Stamp Act , " 3 to the peace of 1783 , the Town Records 3 breathe a resolute and warlike spirit , so bold from AT CONCORD ...
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