The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 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.
Page 101
... moral nature . From the earliest monuments it appears that one race was victim and served the other races . In the oldest tem- ples of Egypt , negro captives are painted on the tombs of kings , in such attitudes as to show WEST INDIA ...
... moral nature . From the earliest monuments it appears that one race was victim and served the other races . In the oldest tem- ples of Egypt , negro captives are painted on the tombs of kings , in such attitudes as to show WEST INDIA ...
Page 104
... moral : the blood is anti - slavery it runs cold in the veins the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a good man or woman , a coun- try boy or girl , it would so fall out , — once in a while saw ...
... moral : the blood is anti - slavery it runs cold in the veins the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a good man or woman , a coun- try boy or girl , it would so fall out , — once in a while saw ...
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