The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... LAND IV . RACE V. ABILITY VI . MANNERS . VII . TRUTH . VIII . CHARACTER IX . COCKAYNE X. WEALTH XI . ARISTOCRACY XII . UNIVERSITIES PAGE 3 21 43 49 79 101 119 • 139 159 170 • 174 179 194 208 215 220 228 233 · 242 255 XIII . RELIGION ...
... LAND IV . RACE V. ABILITY VI . MANNERS . VII . TRUTH . VIII . CHARACTER IX . COCKAYNE X. WEALTH XI . ARISTOCRACY XII . UNIVERSITIES PAGE 3 21 43 49 79 101 119 • 139 159 170 • 174 179 194 208 215 220 228 233 · 242 255 XIII . RELIGION ...
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... lands by their names . Their names are wrought into the verbs of language , their works and effigies are in our houses , and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them . The search after the great men is the dream of ...
... lands by their names . Their names are wrought into the verbs of language , their works and effigies are in our houses , and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them . The search after the great men is the dream of ...
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... land ; and if I have so much more , every other must have so much less . I seem to have no good , without breach of good manners . Nobody is glad in the glad- ness of another , and our system is one of war , of an injurious superiority ...
... land ; and if I have so much more , every other must have so much less . I seem to have no good , without breach of good manners . Nobody is glad in the glad- ness of another , and our system is one of war , of an injurious superiority ...
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... land of arts , inventions , trade , freedom . If the East loved infinity , the West delighted in boundaries . European civility is the triumph of talent , the extension of system , the sharpened understanding , adaptive skill , delight ...
... land of arts , inventions , trade , freedom . If the East loved infinity , the West delighted in boundaries . European civility is the triumph of talent , the extension of system , the sharpened understanding , adaptive skill , delight ...
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... land . The admi- rable earnest comes not only at intervals , in the perfect yes and no of the dialogue , but in bursts of light . " I , therefore , Calli- cles , am persuaded by these accounts , and consider how I may exhibit my soul ...
... land . The admi- rable earnest comes not only at intervals , in the perfect yes and no of the dialogue , but in bursts of light . " I , therefore , Calli- cles , am persuaded by these accounts , and consider how I may exhibit my soul ...
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