Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiv
... human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an ... human powers , the men of this movement felt that a new epoch had dawned for the race , when humanity , escaping from the ...
... human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an ... human powers , the men of this movement felt that a new epoch had dawned for the race , when humanity , escaping from the ...
Page xix
... human development . * II . " I am born a poet - of a low class , no doubt , yet a poet . My singing , be sure , is very husky , and is for the most part in prose . Still I am a poet in the sense of a perceiver and Idear lover of the ...
... human development . * II . " I am born a poet - of a low class , no doubt , yet a poet . My singing , be sure , is very husky , and is for the most part in prose . Still I am a poet in the sense of a perceiver and Idear lover of the ...
Page xxii
... human tendencies and temperaments their due ; and to value scepticism itself . He will concede the relativity and ... humanity - nature , with her infinitely varied charm and majesty ; man , with his wondrous faculties , heroic impulses ...
... human tendencies and temperaments their due ; and to value scepticism itself . He will concede the relativity and ... humanity - nature , with her infinitely varied charm and majesty ; man , with his wondrous faculties , heroic impulses ...
Page xxv
... human beings ; he saw that the greatest of men is largely indebted to society for the elements of his greatness : " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is great or small alone . " Of our immense indebtedness to the past could we have ...
... human beings ; he saw that the greatest of men is largely indebted to society for the elements of his greatness : " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is great or small alone . " Of our immense indebtedness to the past could we have ...
Page xxvi
... human brotherhood and interdependence . He has put the point forcibly himself : " The heart and soul of all men being one , this bitterness of His and Mine ceases . His is mine . I am my brother , and my brother is me . " Society is not ...
... human brotherhood and interdependence . He has put the point forcibly himself : " The heart and soul of all men being one , this bitterness of His and Mine ceases . His is mine . I am my brother , and my brother is me . " Society is not ...
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