The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 82
... express the will of the audience , and the commonest populace is flattered by hear- ing its low mind returned to it with every ornament which happy talent can add . But if there be personality in the orator , the face of things changes ...
... express the will of the audience , and the commonest populace is flattered by hear- ing its low mind returned to it with every ornament which happy talent can add . But if there be personality in the orator , the face of things changes ...
Page 91
... express these ; placing facts , placing men ; amid the inconceiv- able levity of human beings , never for an in- stant warped from his erectness . There is for every man a statement possible of that truth which he is most unwilling to ...
... express these ; placing facts , placing men ; amid the inconceiv- able levity of human beings , never for an in- stant warped from his erectness . There is for every man a statement possible of that truth which he is most unwilling to ...
Page 110
... express the best thought . The household , the calling , the friendships , of the citizen are not homo- geneous . His house ought to show us his honest opinion of what makes his well - being when he rests among his kindred , and forgets ...
... express the best thought . The household , the calling , the friendships , of the citizen are not homo- geneous . His house ought to show us his honest opinion of what makes his well - being when he rests among his kindred , and forgets ...
Page 167
... express the Supreme Power of the universe , called him the Day , and that this name was ac- cepted by all the tribes . ' Hesiod wrote a poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing ...
... express the Supreme Power of the universe , called him the Day , and that this name was ac- cepted by all the tribes . ' Hesiod wrote a poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing ...
Page 199
... express their reason . Here is that which is so attractive to all men , - - the literature of aristocracy shall I call it ? — the picture of the best persons , sentiments and manners , by the first master , in the best times ; portraits ...
... express their reason . Here is that which is so attractive to all men , - - the literature of aristocracy shall I call it ? — the picture of the best persons , sentiments and manners , by the first master , in the best times ; portraits ...
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