The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 3Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878 |
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Page 8
... true to say , they separate as oil from water , as chil- dren from old people , without love or hatred in the matter , each seeking his like ; and any interference with the affinities would produce constraint and suffocation . All ...
... true to say , they separate as oil from water , as chil- dren from old people , without love or hatred in the matter , each seeking his like ; and any interference with the affinities would produce constraint and suffocation . All ...
Page 15
... true is Dr. Johnson's remark that " men are seldom more innocently employed than when they are making money . " The skilful combinations of civil government , though they usually follow natural leadings , as the lines of race , language ...
... true is Dr. Johnson's remark that " men are seldom more innocently employed than when they are making money . " The skilful combinations of civil government , though they usually follow natural leadings , as the lines of race , language ...
Page 16
... true liberty . Climate has much to do with this melioration . The highest civility has never loved the hot zones . Wherever snow falls , there is usually civil freedom . Where the banana grows , the animal system is indolent and ...
... true liberty . Climate has much to do with this melioration . The highest civility has never loved the hot zones . Wherever snow falls , there is usually civil freedom . Where the banana grows , the animal system is indolent and ...
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... true test of civilization is , not the census , nor the size of cities , nor the crops , no , but the kind of man the country turns out . I see the vast advantages of this country , spanning the breadth of the temperate zone . I see the ...
... true test of civilization is , not the census , nor the size of cities , nor the crops , no , but the kind of man the country turns out . I see the vast advantages of this country , spanning the breadth of the temperate zone . I see the ...
Page 21
... true of the culture of men , than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is , that the whole public ac- tion of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number . ART . ART . A LL ...
... true of the culture of men , than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is , that the whole public ac- tion of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number . ART . ART . A LL ...
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