Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page ix
... By its help we might follow , with new minuteness , the steady growth of his character and the for- mation of those views which afterwards became the essence of his teaching . We might sketch a more detailed INTRODUCTION . ix.
... By its help we might follow , with new minuteness , the steady growth of his character and the for- mation of those views which afterwards became the essence of his teaching . We might sketch a more detailed INTRODUCTION . ix.
Page xiv
... follow boldly the generous promptings of the heart . It invested man , as the temple of the divine , with new significance . It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of ...
... follow boldly the generous promptings of the heart . It invested man , as the temple of the divine , with new significance . It raised a larger hope of human possibilities , a deeper faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of ...
Page xxv
... follows , as the night the day , thou can'st not then be false to any man . " It will perhaps strike the reader that there has been too much stress upon self , and that too little has been said about others . But it must be borne in ...
... follows , as the night the day , thou can'st not then be false to any man . " It will perhaps strike the reader that there has been too much stress upon self , and that too little has been said about others . But it must be borne in ...
Page xxxi
... follow his steps with the rose and the violet , and bend her lines of grandeur and grace to the decoration of her darling child . " And so one might go on quoting , recalling passage after passage that has lingered in the mind ...
... follow his steps with the rose and the violet , and bend her lines of grandeur and grace to the decoration of her darling child . " And so one might go on quoting , recalling passage after passage that has lingered in the mind ...
Page 21
... reference to a private and scholastic life , of " the grave moral deterioration which follows an empty exchequer . " You shall find this sentiment , if not so frankly put , yet deeply implied , in the novels WEALTH . 21 2 RELIGION.
... reference to a private and scholastic life , of " the grave moral deterioration which follows an empty exchequer . " You shall find this sentiment , if not so frankly put , yet deeply implied , in the novels WEALTH . 21 2 RELIGION.
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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