The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 100
... universe has no need of you ! But I have thought better : let him not go . When we consider what remains to be done for this interest in this coun- try , the dictates of humanity make us tender of such as are not yet persuaded . The ...
... universe has no need of you ! But I have thought better : let him not go . When we consider what remains to be done for this interest in this coun- try , the dictates of humanity make us tender of such as are not yet persuaded . The ...
Page 147
... universe , pro- nounces Freedom . The Power that built this fabric of things affirms it in the heart ; and in the history of the First of August , has made a sign to the ages , of his will . 7 WAR THE archangel Hcps Looks to the azure ...
... universe , pro- nounces Freedom . The Power that built this fabric of things affirms it in the heart ; and in the history of the First of August , has made a sign to the ages , of his will . 7 WAR THE archangel Hcps Looks to the azure ...
Page 186
... Universe , has the greatest calamity in the Universe , negro slavery . Let me remind you a little in detail how the natural retribution acts in reference to the statute which Congress passed a year ago . For these few months have shown ...
... Universe , has the greatest calamity in the Universe , negro slavery . Let me remind you a little in detail how the natural retribution acts in reference to the statute which Congress passed a year ago . For these few months have shown ...
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... Universe goes spawning on ; the womb conceives and the breasts give suck to thousands and millions of hairy babes formed not in the image of your statute , but in the image of the Universe ; too many to be bought off ; too many than ...
... Universe goes spawning on ; the womb conceives and the breasts give suck to thousands and millions of hairy babes formed not in the image of your statute , but in the image of the Universe ; too many to be bought off ; too many than ...
Page 212
... Universe , when it does that . We will never intermeddle with your slavery , but you can in no wise be suffered to bring it to Cape Cod and Berkshire . This law must be made in- operative . It must be abrogated and wiped out of the ...
... Universe , when it does that . We will never intermeddle with your slavery , but you can in no wise be suffered to bring it to Cape Cod and Berkshire . This law must be made in- operative . It must be abrogated and wiped out of the ...
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