The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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... Civilization " had been a portion of the article of that name in the Atlantic in 1862. " The Fortune of the Republic " also had been printed as a pamphlet in 1874. Mr. Cabot said in his prefatory note , " In none was any change from the ...
... Civilization " had been a portion of the article of that name in the Atlantic in 1862. " The Fortune of the Republic " also had been printed as a pamphlet in 1874. Mr. Cabot said in his prefatory note , " In none was any change from the ...
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... SUMNER 245 IX . SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN AT 265 BOSTON XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT SALEM XII . THEODORE PARKER 275 283 22 محمد XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... SUMNER 245 IX . SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN AT 265 BOSTON XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT SALEM XII . THEODORE PARKER 275 283 22 محمد XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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... civilization ; a day of reason ; of the clear light ; of that which makes us better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the ...
... civilization ; a day of reason ; of the clear light ; of that which makes us better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. I said , this event is signal in the history of civilization . There are many styles of civiliza- tion , and not one only . Ours is full of barbar- ities . There are many faculties in man , each of which takes its ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. I said , this event is signal in the history of civilization . There are many styles of civiliza- tion , and not one only . Ours is full of barbar- ities . There are many faculties in man , each of which takes its ...
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... civilization of the negro . A man is added to the human family . Not the least affecting part of this history of abolition is the annihilation of the old indecent nonsense about the nature of the negro . In the case of the ship Zong ...
... civilization of the negro . A man is added to the human family . Not the least affecting part of this history of abolition is the annihilation of the old indecent nonsense about the nature of the negro . In the case of the ship Zong ...
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