The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... lectures on the great and permanent themes , to keep the hearts of his hearers up and lift their standard higher . Many of these essays , as lectures , had ex- ordiums fit for the day . " Civilization is but a part of a lecture given at ...
... lectures on the great and permanent themes , to keep the hearts of his hearers up and lift their standard higher . Many of these essays , as lectures , had ex- ordiums fit for the day . " Civilization is but a part of a lecture given at ...
Page 341
... Lectures . " To one who heard Emerson lecture , the printed essays re- call the spoken word and the speaker's presence . They were all thus first tested on the average American audience in town and country . The earlier addresses show ...
... Lectures . " To one who heard Emerson lecture , the printed essays re- call the spoken word and the speaker's presence . They were all thus first tested on the average American audience in town and country . The earlier addresses show ...
Page 345
... lectures in 1858 or 1859. What is known of their first delivery will be told in the notes to each essay . Yet they underwent much change during the long period of re- hearsal , and sheets from them often did duty in other lectures ...
... lectures in 1858 or 1859. What is known of their first delivery will be told in the notes to each essay . Yet they underwent much change during the long period of re- hearsal , and sheets from them often did duty in other lectures ...
Page 346
... lecture called " Country Life , " given in 1857 : - “ The place where a thoughtful man in the country feels the joy of eminent domain is his wood - lot . If he suffer from accident or low spirits , his spirits rise when he enters it . I ...
... lecture called " Country Life , " given in 1857 : - “ The place where a thoughtful man in the country feels the joy of eminent domain is his wood - lot . If he suffer from accident or low spirits , his spirits rise when he enters it . I ...
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... lecture on Society , in the course in Boston , 1836-37 , he said : “ A man should live among those with whom he can act naturally , who permit and provoke the expression of all his thoughts and emotions . Yet the course of events does ...
... lecture on Society , in the course in Boston , 1836-37 , he said : “ A man should live among those with whom he can act naturally , who permit and provoke the expression of all his thoughts and emotions . Yet the course of events does ...
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