The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 18
... human mind can admit : but one God , and that every effort to pay re- ligious homage to more than one being goes to take away all right ideas . I appeal , brethren , to your individual experience . In the moment when you make the least ...
... human mind can admit : but one God , and that every effort to pay re- ligious homage to more than one being goes to take away all right ideas . I appeal , brethren , to your individual experience . In the moment when you make the least ...
Page 42
... human race in this country , over all other plantations in history , owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power . It is vain to look for the in- ventor . No man made them . Each ...
... human race in this country , over all other plantations in history , owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power . It is vain to look for the in- ventor . No man made them . Each ...
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... human heart heard the voice of love , and awoke as from a sleep . The questions which the Indians put betray their reason and their ignorance . " Can Jesus Christ understand prayers , in the Indian language ? " " If a man be wise , and ...
... human heart heard the voice of love , and awoke as from a sleep . The questions which the Indians put betray their reason and their ignorance . " Can Jesus Christ understand prayers , in the Indian language ? " " If a man be wise , and ...
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... human race . To you belongs a better badge than stars and ribbons . This prospering country is your ornament , and this expanding nation is multiplying your praise with millions of tongues . ' the The agitating events of those days were ...
... human race . To you belongs a better badge than stars and ribbons . This prospering country is your ornament , and this expanding nation is multiplying your praise with millions of tongues . ' the The agitating events of those days were ...
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... human life . The merit of those who fill a space in the world's history , who are borne forward , as it were , by the weight of thousands whom they lead , sheds a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue . I have had ...
... human life . The merit of those who fill a space in the world's history , who are borne forward , as it were , by the weight of thousands whom they lead , sheds a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue . I have had ...
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