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" is the most vicious of all wild beasts;" and, in the same spirit, the old English poet, Gascoigne, says, "a boy is better unborn than untaught." The city breeds one kind of speech and manners; the back-country a different style; the sea another; the army... "
Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... - Page 111
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880
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The Golden Vase: A Gift for the Young

Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them. To wade in marches and sea-margins is the destiny of certain birds, and...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners ; the back-country a diff erent style; the sea another; the army a fourth. We know that an army which can...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6

1860 - 800 pages
...resources of philosophy, art, and religion : books, travel, society, solitude. The hardiest skeptic, who has seen a horse broken, a pointer trained, or...will not deny the validity of education. " A boy," saya Plato, "is the most vicious of all wild beasts " ; and, in the same spirit, the old English poet...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6

1860 - 794 pages
...resources of philosophy, art, and religion : books, travel, society, solitude. The hardiest skeptic, who has seen a horse broken, a pointer trained, or...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners ; the back-country a different style ; the sea another ; the army a Iburth. We know that an army which can...
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The Conduct of Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1861 - 320 pages
...resources of philosophy, art, and religion : books, travel, society, solitude. The hardiest skeptic who has seen a horse broken, a pointer trained, or,...; " and, in the same spirit, the old English poet Gascoign e says, " a boy is better unborn than untaught." The city breeds one kind of speech and manners...
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The Conduct of Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1863 - 310 pages
...resources of philosophy, art, and religion : books, travel, society, solitude. The hardiest skeptic who has seen a horse broken, a. pointer trained, or,...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners ; the back-country a different style ; the sea, another ; the army, a fourth. We know that an army which...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them. To wade in marches and sea-margins is the destiny of certain birds, and...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners; the back-country a different style; the sea another; the army a fourth. We know that an army which can...
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The Physiology and Pathology of Mind

Henry Maudsley - 1868 - 556 pages
...to the absence of mind; the impulses which actually move it are the selfish impulses of passion. " A boy," says Plato, " is the most vicious of all wild beasts ; " or again, as it has been put, " a boy is better unborn than untaught." By nature sinful above everything,...
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Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art, Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 388 pages
...persons, and with the high resources of philosophy, art, and religion: books, travel, society, solitnde. The hardiest sceptic who has seen a horse broken,...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners; the back-country a different style; the sea, another; the army, a fourth. We know that an army which can...
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Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 332 pages
...horse broken, a pointer trained, or who has visited a menagerie, or the exhibition of the Indus' trious Fleas, will not deny the validity of education. "...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners; the back-country a different style; the sea, another ; the army, a fourth. We know that an army which can...
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Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 334 pages
...broken, a pointer trained, or who has visited a menagerie, or the exhibition of the Industrious Pleas, will not deny the validity of education. " A boy,"...The city breeds one kind of speech and manners ; the back-country a different style; the sea, another; the army, a fourth. We know that an army which can...
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