The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... sentiment , as in practical power , religion , liberty , sense of honor and taste . In the hesitation to define what it is , we usually suggest it by negations . A nation that has no clothing , no iron , no alphabet , no mar- riage , no ...
... sentiment , as in practical power , religion , liberty , sense of honor and taste . In the hesitation to define what it is , we usually suggest it by negations . A nation that has no clothing , no iron , no alphabet , no mar- riage , no ...
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... sentiment 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.
... sentiment 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.
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... sentiment control the unfavorable in- fluences of climate ; and some of our grandest examples of men and of races come from the equatorial regions , as the genius of Egypt , of India and of Arabia . - 3 These feats are measures or ...
... sentiment control the unfavorable in- fluences of climate ; and some of our grandest examples of men and of races come from the equatorial regions , as the genius of Egypt , of India and of Arabia . - 3 These feats are measures or ...
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... sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , so do the masterpieces of art . The ...
... sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , so do the masterpieces of art . The ...
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... sentiment , the attention deepens , a new and highest audience now listens , and the au- diences of the fun and of facts and of the under- standing are all silenced and awed . There is also something excellent in every audience , — the ...
... sentiment , the attention deepens , a new and highest audience now listens , and the au- diences of the fun and of facts and of the under- standing are all silenced and awed . There is also something excellent in every audience , — the ...
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