The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page v
... Civilization " had been a portion of the article of that name in the Atlantic in 1862. " The Fortune of the Republic " also had been printed as a pamphlet in 1874. Mr. Cabot said in his prefatory note , " In none was any change from the ...
... Civilization " had been a portion of the article of that name in the Atlantic in 1862. " The Fortune of the Republic " also had been printed as a pamphlet in 1874. Mr. Cabot said in his prefatory note , " In none was any change from the ...
Page ix
... ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- SALEM 275 XII . THEODORE PARKER 283 XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- SALEM 275 XII . THEODORE PARKER 283 XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 99
... civilization ; a day of reason ; of the clear light ; of that which makes us better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the ...
... civilization ; a day of reason ; of the clear light ; of that which makes us better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the ...
Page 122
... civilization . There are many styles of civiliza- tion , and not one only . Ours is full of barbar- ities . There are many faculties in man , each of which takes its turn of activity , and that faculty which is paramount in any period ...
... civilization . There are many styles of civiliza- tion , and not one only . Ours is full of barbar- ities . There are many faculties in man , each of which takes its turn of activity , and that faculty which is paramount in any period ...
Page 140
... civilization of the negro . A man is added to the human family . Not the least affecting part of this history of abolition is the annihilation of the old indecent nonsense about the nature of the negro . In the case of the ship Zong ...
... civilization of the negro . A man is added to the human family . Not the least affecting part of this history of abolition is the annihilation of the old indecent nonsense about the nature of the negro . In the case of the ship Zong ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American better Boston brave Captain Charles Sumner church citizens civilization Colonel Concord Concord company Court crime defend duty emancipation Emerson England English English Commonwealth event eyes F. B. Sanborn fame feel freedom friends FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW genius give governor Granville Sharpe heart honor human immoral Indian interest John Brown justice Kansas labor land lecture liberty lived look Lord Lord Mansfield mankind Massachusetts ment mind moral nation nature negro never occasion opinion party peace persons planters poem political poor President principle question race RALPH WALDO EMERSON regiment religion religious sentiment Shakspeare Simon Willard slavery slaves society soul speak speech spirit statute suffered Theodore Parker things thought tion Town Records trade truth Union virtue vote Webster Whig whilst whole woman women words