Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xv
... present in Europe . But it rejoiced in the same sense of wonder and mystery , —the same scorn of convention- ality and rash impulsiveness , —the same return upon Nature ; and it cherished the same bold hope of social regeneration . It ...
... present in Europe . But it rejoiced in the same sense of wonder and mystery , —the same scorn of convention- ality and rash impulsiveness , —the same return upon Nature ; and it cherished the same bold hope of social regeneration . It ...
Page xxiv
... present is not the critical and decisive hour . " Emerson's doctrine of the Universal Mind is the starting point of his ethics . His central ethical idea is that famous one of Self - Reliance , by which he signifies trust in the ...
... present is not the critical and decisive hour . " Emerson's doctrine of the Universal Mind is the starting point of his ethics . His central ethical idea is that famous one of Self - Reliance , by which he signifies trust in the ...
Page xxxiii
... present , and either places the golden age in the past , or postpones it to a far - off future . They help us to realise that to - day is the best of all days , and " belongs to him who works in it with serenity and high aims ...
... present , and either places the golden age in the past , or postpones it to a far - off future . They help us to realise that to - day is the best of all days , and " belongs to him who works in it with serenity and high aims ...
Page 22
... present century , and not only in these , but in biography , and in the votes of public assemblies , in the tone of the preaching , and in the table - talk . I was lately turning over Wood's Athena Oxonienses , and looking naturally for ...
... present century , and not only in these , but in biography , and in the votes of public assemblies , in the tone of the preaching , and in the table - talk . I was lately turning over Wood's Athena Oxonienses , and looking naturally for ...
Page 25
... present possessors are to the full as absolute as any of their fathers , in choosing and procuring what they like . This comfort and splendour , the breadth of lake and mountain , tillage , pasture , and park , sumptuous castle and ...
... present possessors are to the full as absolute as any of their fathers , in choosing and procuring what they like . This comfort and splendour , the breadth of lake and mountain , tillage , pasture , and park , sumptuous castle and ...
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