The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 136
... so that this cause has had the power to draw to it every particie of talent and of worth in England , from the beginning . All the great geniuses of the British . ** 1 senate , Fox , Pitt , Burke , Grenville 136 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
... so that this cause has had the power to draw to it every particie of talent and of worth in England , from the beginning . All the great geniuses of the British . ** 1 senate , Fox , Pitt , Burke , Grenville 136 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
Page 217
... talent , but only from their memory , only from their cramped position of standing for their teacher . They say what they would have you believe , but what they do not quite know . ' My own habitual view is to the well - being of ...
... talent , but only from their memory , only from their cramped position of standing for their teacher . They say what they would have you believe , but what they do not quite know . ' My own habitual view is to the well - being of ...
Page 219
... talent , even a repute for honesty , all count for nothing . They had no opinions , they had no memory for what they had been saying like the Lord's Prayer all their lifetime : they were only looking to what their great Captain did : if ...
... talent , even a repute for honesty , all count for nothing . They had no opinions , they had no memory for what they had been saying like the Lord's Prayer all their lifetime : they were only looking to what their great Captain did : if ...
Page 220
... best win the low , and all men like to be made much of . There are those too who have power and inspiration only to do ill . Their talent or their faculty deserts them when they undertake anything right . 220 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
... best win the low , and all men like to be made much of . There are those too who have power and inspiration only to do ill . Their talent or their faculty deserts them when they undertake anything right . 220 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
Page 222
... and the same quiet and sure feeling of right to his place that an oak or a mountain have to theirs . After all his talents have been described , there remains that perfect propriety which an- imated all the 222 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
... and the same quiet and sure feeling of right to his place that an oak or a mountain have to theirs . After all his talents have been described , there remains that perfect propriety which an- imated all the 222 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
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