The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 30
... race survives whilst the individual dies . In the country , without any interference of the law , the agricultural life favors the per- manence of families . Here are still around me the lineal descendants of the first settlers of this ...
... race survives whilst the individual dies . In the country , without any interference of the law , the agricultural life favors the per- manence of families . Here are still around me the lineal descendants of the first settlers of this ...
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... 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 of the ...
... 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 of the ...
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... race ; to the Continental na- tions as a lesson of humanity and love . Tell them , the Union has twenty - four States , and Massachusetts is one . Tell them , Massachu- setts has three hundred towns , and Concord is one ; that in ...
... race ; to the Continental na- tions as a lesson of humanity and love . Tell them , the Union has twenty - four States , and Massachusetts is one . Tell them , Massachu- setts has three hundred towns , and Concord is one ; that in ...
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... race held on to the new hope they had conceived , of being elevated to equality with their civilized brother . It is piteous to see their self - distrust in their re- quest to remain near the English , and their unan- imous entreaty to ...
... race held on to the new hope they had conceived , of being elevated to equality with their civilized brother . It is piteous to see their self - distrust in their re- quest to remain near the English , and their unan- imous entreaty to ...
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... 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 duly ...
... 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 duly ...
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