The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 19
... nation that has no clothing , no iron , no alphabet , no mar- riage , no arts of peace , no abstract thought , we call barbarous . And after many arts are in- vented or imported , as among the Turks and Moorish nations , it is often a ...
... nation that has no clothing , no iron , no alphabet , no mar- riage , no arts of peace , no abstract thought , we call barbarous . And after many arts are in- vented or imported , as among the Turks and Moorish nations , it is often a ...
Page 21
... nations are always those who navigate the most . The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast , and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam . ' Where shall we ...
... nations are always those who navigate the most . The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast , and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam . ' Where shall we ...
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... nation's arts : the ship steered by compass and chart , longitude reckoned by lunar observation and by chrono- meter , driven by steam ; and in wildest sea- mountains , at vast distances from home , - The pulses of her iron heart Go ...
... nation's arts : the ship steered by compass and chart , longitude reckoned by lunar observation and by chrono- meter , driven by steam ; and in wildest sea- mountains , at vast distances from home , - The pulses of her iron heart Go ...
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... New York to be repiled architecturally alongshore from Canada to Cuba , and thence westward to California again . But it is not New York streets , built by the confluence ―― of workmen and wealth of all nations , though CIVILIZATION 31.
... New York to be repiled architecturally alongshore from Canada to Cuba , and thence westward to California again . But it is not New York streets , built by the confluence ―― of workmen and wealth of all nations , though CIVILIZATION 31.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. ―― of workmen and wealth of all nations , though stretching out towards Philadelphia until they touch it , and northward until they touch New Haven , Hartford , Springfield , Worcester and Boston , not these that ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ―― of workmen and wealth of all nations , though stretching out towards Philadelphia until they touch it , and northward until they touch New Haven , Hartford , Springfield , Worcester and Boston , not these that ...
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