Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxxi
... draw the breath of life . The grass grows , the buds burst , the meadow is spotted with fire and gold in the tint of the flowers . " ... But one need not go on with a passage which lovers of Emerson have by heart . And with what unique ...
... draw the breath of life . The grass grows , the buds burst , the meadow is spotted with fire and gold in the tint of the flowers . " ... But one need not go on with a passage which lovers of Emerson have by heart . And with what unique ...
Page xxxiii
... draw water enough , becomes a plaything for the winds and waves , travels no certain road , and easily overturns . " Thus speaks Schopenhauer , and he speaks surely of a side of things which we cannot afford to ignore ; while in Emerson ...
... draw water enough , becomes a plaything for the winds and waves , travels no certain road , and easily overturns . " Thus speaks Schopenhauer , and he speaks surely of a side of things which we cannot afford to ignore ; while in Emerson ...
Page 17
... calculations and estimates . But , meantime , he is drawing numbers and money to his opinion , resolved that if all remedy fails , right of revolution * Man's Soule , p . 29 . is at the bottom of his charter - box . RACE AND ABILITY . 17.
... calculations and estimates . But , meantime , he is drawing numbers and money to his opinion , resolved that if all remedy fails , right of revolution * Man's Soule , p . 29 . is at the bottom of his charter - box . RACE AND ABILITY . 17.
Page 24
... draws the nobility into the competition as stockholders in the mine , the canal , the railway , in the application of steam to agriculture , and sometimes into trade . But it also introduces large classes into the same competition ; the ...
... draws the nobility into the competition as stockholders in the mine , the canal , the railway , in the application of steam to agriculture , and sometimes into trade . But it also introduces large classes into the same competition ; the ...
Page 34
... draws into the church the children of the nobility , and other unfit persons , who have a taste for expense . Thus a Bishop is only a surpliced merchant . Through his lawn I can see the bright buttons of the shopman's coat glitter . A ...
... draws into the church the children of the nobility , and other unfit persons , who have a taste for expense . Thus a Bishop is only a surpliced merchant . Through his lawn I can see the bright buttons of the shopman's coat glitter . A ...
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