The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... virtue , or of " taking people by their best handles , " brought out their best , but some were hope- less " monotones , " of one of whom he said : " He will not listen in company which is much , but , what is worse , when he is alone ...
... virtue , or of " taking people by their best handles , " brought out their best , but some were hope- less " monotones , " of one of whom he said : " He will not listen in company which is much , but , what is worse , when he is alone ...
Page 9
... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twilight , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twilight , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
Page 19
... , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also de- cent , and causes the place and the bystanders to BEAUTY 19.
... , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also de- cent , and causes the place and the bystanders to BEAUTY 19.
Page 20
... virtue ; " said Sal- lust . " The winds and waves , " said Gibbon , " are always on the side of the ablest naviga- tors . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great ...
... virtue ; " said Sal- lust . " The winds and waves , " said Gibbon , " are always on the side of the ablest naviga- tors . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great ...
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... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let ...
... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let ...
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