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" We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy. "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d series - Page 216
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...to them ; his presence, frankincense and flowers. We think our civilisation near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus and Eicardo quite omit it; the Annual Eegister is silent; in the Conversations' Lexicon, it is not set...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 234 pages
...to them ; his presence, fraiikinconsc and flowers. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus and llicardo quite omit it ; the Annual Register is silent ; in the Conversations' Lexicon, it is not set...
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Complete Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 280 pages
...myrrh to them; his presence, frankincense and flowers. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus and Bicardo quite omit it ; the Annual Register is silent ; in the Conversations' Lexicon it is not set...
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Essays: Second series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 328 pages
...myrrh to them; his presence, frankincense and flowers. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...a political power, as the rightful lord who is to turn"- e all rulers from their chairs, its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus and Ricardo quite...
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Essays. 1901

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...to them ; his presence, frankincense and flowers. We think our civilisation near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus and Eicardo quite omit it ; the Annual Register is silent ; in the Conversations' Lexicon, it is not set...
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Mind, Volume 9

1902 - 582 pages
...politics he says : "The antidote is the influence of private character. In our barbarous civilization the influence of character is in its infancy. As a political power it is the rightful lord which is to tumble all rulers from their chairs. . . . The antidote to existing...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...myrrh to them; his presence, frankincense and flowers. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...their chairs, its presence is hardly yet suspected. Malthus26 and Ricardo27 quite omit it; the Annual Register28 is silent; in the Conversations' Lexicon...
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ConscĂ­ence

George Winston Reid - 1905 - 200 pages
...organization remain in a state of barbarism." 1 " We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...their chairs, its presence is hardly yet suspected." 2 " We still carry, sticking to us, some remains of the preceding inferior quadruped organization....
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...; his presence, frankincense0 and flowers. 20 15. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning...their chairs, its presence is hardly yet suspected. 25 Malthus0 and Ricardo0 quite omit it ; the Annual Register0 is silent; in the Conversations' Lexicon,0...
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The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Being Extracts from His Prose and Verse

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 196 pages
...a knot of friends, or a pair of lovers. Politics. WE think our civilisation near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cockcrowing and the morning star. In our bar. _ __. barous society the influence of character is in its infancy. As a political power, as the...
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