The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. II, Volume 2Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 181
... Celts are Catholics , and all Saxons are Protestants ; that Celts love unity of power , and Saxons the representative principle . Race is a controlling influence in the Jew , who , for two mil- lenniums , under every climate , has ...
... Celts are Catholics , and all Saxons are Protestants ; that Celts love unity of power , and Saxons the representative principle . Race is a controlling influence in the Jew , who , for two mil- lenniums , under every climate , has ...
Page 182
... Celt and Roman , Saxon and Tartar , should mix , when we see the rudiments of tiger and baboon in our human form , and know that the barriers of races are not so firm , but that some spray sprinkles us from the antediluvian seas . The ...
... Celt and Roman , Saxon and Tartar , should mix , when we see the rudiments of tiger and baboon in our human form , and know that the barriers of races are not so firm , but that some spray sprinkles us from the antediluvian seas . The ...
Page 184
... Celts or Sidonides are an old family , of whose beginning there is no memory , and their end is likely to be still more remote in the future ; for they have endurance and productiveness . They planted Britain , and gave to the seas and ...
... Celts or Sidonides are an old family , of whose beginning there is no memory , and their end is likely to be still more remote in the future ; for they have endurance and productiveness . They planted Britain , and gave to the seas and ...
Page 194
... Celt , and the Goth , had already got in . The Roman came , but in the very day when his fortune culminated . He looked in the eyes of a new people that was to supplant his own . He dis- embarked his legions , erected his camps and ...
... Celt , and the Goth , had already got in . The Roman came , but in the very day when his fortune culminated . He looked in the eyes of a new people that was to supplant his own . He dis- embarked his legions , erected his camps and ...
Page 285
... Celt and the Goth . These are each always becoming the other ; for Robert Owen does not exaggerate the power of circumstance . But the two complexions , or two styles of mind , - the per- ceptive class , and the practical finality class ...
... Celt and the Goth . These are each always becoming the other ; for Robert Owen does not exaggerate the power of circumstance . But the two complexions , or two styles of mind , - the per- ceptive class , and the practical finality class ...
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