The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traitsHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 16
... labor . He had read in Stewart's book that when he inquired in a New York hotel for the Boots , he had been shown across the street and had found Mungo in his own house dining on roast turkey . We talked of books . Plato he does not ...
... labor . He had read in Stewart's book that when he inquired in a New York hotel for the Boots , he had been shown across the street and had found Mungo in his own house dining on roast turkey . We talked of books . Plato he does not ...
Page 36
... labor , laws , opinion , religion take , is the natural genius of the British mind . The in- fluence of France is a constituent of modern civility , but not enough opposed to the English for the most wholesome effect . The American is ...
... labor , laws , opinion , religion take , is the natural genius of the British mind . The in- fluence of France is a constituent of modern civility , but not enough opposed to the English for the most wholesome effect . The American is ...
Page 45
... endurance in war and in labor . The spawning force of the race has sufficed to the colonization of great parts of the world ; yet it remains to be seen whether they can make good the exodus of millions from Great Britain RACE 45.
... endurance in war and in labor . The spawning force of the race has sufficed to the colonization of great parts of the world ; yet it remains to be seen whether they can make good the exodus of millions from Great Britain RACE 45.
Page 48
... English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of labor ; high bribes to ยท talent and skill ; the island life , or 48 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of labor ; high bribes to ยท talent and skill ; the island life , or 48 ENGLISH TRAITS.
Page 49
... labor and in war : and the appetite for superiority grows by feeding . I It is easy to add to the counteracting forces to race . Credence is a main element . " T is said that the views of nature held by any people deter- mine all their ...
... labor and in war : and the appetite for superiority grows by feeding . I It is easy to add to the counteracting forces to race . Credence is a main element . " T is said that the views of nature held by any people deter- mine all their ...
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