The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 11
... come up to an existing standard ; easy as it is to the lover to swim to his maiden through waves so grim before . The benefits of affection are immense ; and the one event which never loses its romance is the encounter with superior ...
... come up to an existing standard ; easy as it is to the lover to swim to his maiden through waves so grim before . The benefits of affection are immense ; and the one event which never loses its romance is the encounter with superior ...
Page 21
... pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday . Now let colleges , now let senates take heed ! for here is - one who opening these fine tastes on the basis of CIVILIZATION 21.
... pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday . Now let colleges , now let senates take heed ! for here is - one who opening these fine tastes on the basis of CIVILIZATION 21.
Page 22
... in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter , as it flies over sea over land and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it , I look upon 22 CIVILIZATION CIVILIZ.
... in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter , as it flies over sea over land and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it , I look upon 22 CIVILIZATION CIVILIZ.
Page 75
... they value men only as they can forward the work . But a new man comes there who has no capacity for helping them at all , is insignificant , and nobody in the committee , but has a talent for speaking . In the debate with ELOQUENCE 75.
... they value men only as they can forward the work . But a new man comes there who has no capacity for helping them at all , is insignificant , and nobody in the committee , but has a talent for speaking . In the debate with ELOQUENCE 75.
Page 80
... But does any one suppose himself to be quite impregnable ? Does he think that not possibly a man may come to him who shall persuade him out of his most settled determination ? - for ― example , good sedate citizen as he is , 80 ELOQUENCE.
... But does any one suppose himself to be quite impregnable ? Does he think that not possibly a man may come to him who shall persuade him out of his most settled determination ? - for ― example , good sedate citizen as he is , 80 ELOQUENCE.
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