The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 21
... labor as a house being achieved , his chief enemies are kept at bay . He is safe from the teeth of wild animals , from frost , sun- stroke and weather ; and fine faculties begin to yield their fine harvest . Invention and art are born ...
... labor as a house being achieved , his chief enemies are kept at bay . He is safe from the teeth of wild animals , from frost , sun- stroke and weather ; and fine faculties begin to yield their fine harvest . Invention and art are born ...
Page 23
... labor , the multiplication of the arts of peace , which is nothing but a large allow- ance to each man to choose his work according to his faculty , to live by his better hand , fills the State with useful and happy laborers ; and they ...
... labor , the multiplication of the arts of peace , which is nothing but a large allow- ance to each man to choose his work according to his faculty , to live by his better hand , fills the State with useful and happy laborers ; and they ...
Page 28
... labor , to hitch his wagon to a star , ' and see his chore done by the gods themselves . That is the way we are strong , by borrowing the might of the elements . The forces of steam , gravity , galvanism , light , magnets , wind , 28 ...
... labor , to hitch his wagon to a star , ' and see his chore done by the gods themselves . That is the way we are strong , by borrowing the might of the elements . The forces of steam , gravity , galvanism , light , magnets , wind , 28 ...
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... labor when I see how much each virtuous : and gifted person , whom all men consider , lives affectionately with scores of excellent people who are not known far from home , and perhaps with great reason reckons these people his supe ...
... labor when I see how much each virtuous : and gifted person , whom all men consider , lives affectionately with scores of excellent people who are not known far from home , and perhaps with great reason reckons these people his supe ...
Page 37
... labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate each into a new lan- guage the sense of the other . They are sub- lime when seen as emanations of a Necessity contradistinguished from the vulgar ...
... labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate each into a new lan- guage the sense of the other . They are sub- lime when seen as emanations of a Necessity contradistinguished from the vulgar ...
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