The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 97
... immortality of purpose . Men are averse and hostile , to give value to their suffrages . It is not the people that are in fault for not being convinced , but he that cannot con- vince them . He should mould them , armed as he is with ...
... immortality of purpose . Men are averse and hostile , to give value to their suffrages . It is not the people that are in fault for not being convinced , but he that cannot con- vince them . He should mould them , armed as he is with ...
Page 99
... immortal in the mind . If it do not so become an instru- ment , but aspires to be somewhat of itself , and to glitter for show , it is false and weak . In its right exercise , it is an elastic , unexhausted power , who has sounded , who ...
... immortal in the mind . If it do not so become an instru- ment , but aspires to be somewhat of itself , and to glitter for show , it is false and weak . In its right exercise , it is an elastic , unexhausted power , who has sounded , who ...
Page 190
... high intellectual action . Thus , I think , we often owe to them the perception of immortality . They impart sympathetic activity to the moral power . Go with mean people and you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch , 190 BOOKS.
... high intellectual action . Thus , I think , we often owe to them the perception of immortality . They impart sympathetic activity to the moral power . Go with mean people and you think life is mean . Then read Plutarch , 190 BOOKS.
Page 307
... immortal demand for more , which belongs to our constitution ? this enormous ideal ? There is no such critic and beggar as this terrible Soul . No historical person begins . to content us . We know the satisfactoriness of justice , the ...
... immortal demand for more , which belongs to our constitution ? this enormous ideal ? There is no such critic and beggar as this terrible Soul . No historical person begins . to content us . We know the satisfactoriness of justice , the ...
Page 320
... immortality was told in the fable of Tithonus . In short , the creed of the street is , Old Age is not disgraceful , but immensely dis- advantageous . Life is well enough , but we shall all be glad to get out of it , and they will all ...
... immortality was told in the fable of Tithonus . In short , the creed of the street is , Old Age is not disgraceful , but immensely dis- advantageous . Life is well enough , but we shall all be glad to get out of it , and they will all ...
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