The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 9
... warm cov- enants sentimental and momentary . We must infer that the ends of thought were peremptory , if they were to be secured at such ruinous cost . 2 They are deeper than can be told , and belong SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE 9.
... warm cov- enants sentimental and momentary . We must infer that the ends of thought were peremptory , if they were to be secured at such ruinous cost . 2 They are deeper than can be told , and belong SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE 9.
Page 24
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women . Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge , overrunning all the old barriers of caste , and , by the cheap press , bringing the uni- versity to ...
Page 37
... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
... thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience injure the ...
Page 38
... thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro- portion to the depth of its sense does it knock importunately at the gates ...
... thought is its first . It rises in thought , to the end that it may be uttered and acted . The more profound the thought , the more burdensome . Always in pro- portion to the depth of its sense does it knock importunately at the gates ...
Page 47
Ralph Waldo Emerson. sessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us . We hesitate at doing Spenser so great an honor as to think that he intended by his allegory the sense we affix to it . We grudge to Homer the wide human ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. sessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us . We hesitate at doing Spenser so great an honor as to think that he intended by his allegory the sense we affix to it . We grudge to Homer the wide human ...
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