Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 17
... cause , the rule , the bounds , and the model of it . " " " * There spoke the genius of the English people . There is a necessity on them to be logical . They would hardly greet the good that did not logically fall -— as if it excluded ...
... cause , the rule , the bounds , and the model of it . " " " * There spoke the genius of the English people . There is a necessity on them to be logical . They would hardly greet the good that did not logically fall -— as if it excluded ...
Page 25
... cause and spring of it is the wealth of temperament in the people . The wonder of Britain is this plenteous nature . Her worthies are ever surrounded by as good men as themselves ; each is a captain a hundred strong , and that wealth of ...
... cause and spring of it is the wealth of temperament in the people . The wonder of Britain is this plenteous nature . Her worthies are ever surrounded by as good men as themselves ; each is a captain a hundred strong , and that wealth of ...
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... cause of public order , with politics , and with the funds . Good churches are not built by bad men ; at least , there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society . These minsters were neither built nor filled by atheists ...
... cause of public order , with politics , and with the funds . Good churches are not built by bad men ; at least , there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society . These minsters were neither built nor filled by atheists ...
Page 31
... caused in the human spirit , and great virtues and talents appear , as in the eleventh , twelfth , thirteenth , and again in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , when the nation was full of genius and piety . But the age of the ...
... caused in the human spirit , and great virtues and talents appear , as in the eleventh , twelfth , thirteenth , and again in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , when the nation was full of genius and piety . But the age of the ...
Page 40
... cause that has hindered the progression of learning , because these fundamental knowledges have been studied but in passage . " He explained himself by giving various quaint examples of the summary of common laws , of which each science ...
... cause that has hindered the progression of learning , because these fundamental knowledges have been studied but in passage . " He explained himself by giving various quaint examples of the summary of common laws , of which each science ...
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action appear beauty behold believe Ben Jonson better Celt character church conversation divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil fact faith fear feel force genius give Goethe Greek Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea individual inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour Margaret Fuller means Milton mind moral nations nature never noble numbers opinion perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Plato poet poetry political present race reform relations religion religious Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society soul speak spirit stand sublime T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth universe virtue WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wisdom wise wish words write