The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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... mankind , as they should come , nation after nation , within the influence of the Christian religion , would have been established in this slight manner - in a manner so slight , that the intention of com- memorating it should not ...
... mankind , as they should come , nation after nation , within the influence of the Christian religion , would have been established in this slight manner - in a manner so slight , that the intention of com- memorating it should not ...
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... and Mr. Prescott , shall be now chosen in the work of the ministry ? Voted affirmatively . ' Mr. Whiting , who was chosen , was , we are told in " 4 his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . 64 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.
... and Mr. Prescott , shall be now chosen in the work of the ministry ? Voted affirmatively . ' Mr. Whiting , who was chosen , was , we are told in " 4 his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . 64 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . " The charges of education and of legislation , at this period , seem to have afflicted the town ; for they vote to petition the General Court to be eased of the law ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . " The charges of education and of legislation , at this period , seem to have afflicted the town ; for they vote to petition the General Court to be eased of the law ...
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... mankind . I might well hesitate , coming from other studies , and without the smallest claim to be a special laborer in this work of humanity , to undertake to set this matter before you ; which ought rather to be done by a strict ...
... mankind . I might well hesitate , coming from other studies , and without the smallest claim to be a special laborer in this work of humanity , to undertake to set this matter before you ; which ought rather to be done by a strict ...
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... mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right , in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature . From the earliest monuments it appears that one race was victim and ...
... mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right , in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature . From the earliest monuments it appears that one race was victim and ...
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