Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xvi
... give it actuality . They were , says Mr. Frothingham , replying to Utilitarian detractors , " the most strenuous workers of their day , and at the problems which the day flung down before them ; the most strenuous and the most ...
... give it actuality . They were , says Mr. Frothingham , replying to Utilitarian detractors , " the most strenuous workers of their day , and at the problems which the day flung down before them ; the most strenuous and the most ...
Page xxii
... give stability and concentration to life . He will admit many things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that very much depends upon " the point of view ...
... give stability and concentration to life . He will admit many things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that very much depends upon " the point of view ...
Page xxx
... Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to get anything without its price , -is not less sublime in the ...
... Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to get anything without its price , -is not less sublime in the ...
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... whom I afterwards saw at Westminster Abbey , at the funeral of Wil- berforce . The young scholar fancies it happiness enough to live with people who can give an inside to the FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND.
... whom I afterwards saw at Westminster Abbey , at the funeral of Wil- berforce . The young scholar fancies it happiness enough to live with people who can give an inside to the FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND.
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... give one the satisfaction of reality , the sense of having been met , and a larger horizon . On looking over the diary of my journey in 1833 , I find nothing to publish in my memoranda of visits to places . But I have copied the few ...
... give one the satisfaction of reality , the sense of having been met , and a larger horizon . On looking over the diary of my journey in 1833 , I find nothing to publish in my memoranda of visits to places . But I have copied the few ...
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