The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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... poor man hath cities , ships , canals , bridges , built for him . He goes to the post - office , and the human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read and write of all that happens , for him ; to the court ...
... poor man hath cities , ships , canals , bridges , built for him . He goes to the post - office , and the human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read and write of all that happens , for him ; to the court ...
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... poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense moral capacity , for their acquiescence in a political and social inferiority . They are content to be ...
... poor clansman , the poor partisan , who rejoices in the glory of his chief . The poor and the low find some amends to their immense moral capacity , for their acquiescence in a political and social inferiority . They are content to be ...
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... is suddenly found to be richer than all foreign parts . The literature of the poor , the feelings of the child , the philosophy of the street , the meaning of household life , are the topics of the time . It THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 59.
... is suddenly found to be richer than all foreign parts . The literature of the poor , the feelings of the child , the philosophy of the street , the meaning of household life , are the topics of the time . It THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 59.
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... poor fare as they have at home , and would do well to go the hun- dred or the thousand miles to escape . Would he urge people to a godly way of living ; and can he ask a fellow - creature to come to Sabbath meetings , when he and they ...
... poor fare as they have at home , and would do well to go the hun- dred or the thousand miles to escape . Would he urge people to a godly way of living ; and can he ask a fellow - creature to come to Sabbath meetings , when he and they ...
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... poor and the rich , the learned and the ignorant , young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two ...
... poor and the rich , the learned and the ignorant , young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two ...
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