Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xviii
... seems to have selected Concord for his home both because of its family associations , and because , whilst it allowed him the solitude which he coveted , it was near the town , and itself afforded opportunities for the limited social ...
... seems to have selected Concord for his home both because of its family associations , and because , whilst it allowed him the solitude which he coveted , it was near the town , and itself afforded opportunities for the limited social ...
Page xxxi
... seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its cradle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let his thoughts be of equal scope . Willingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet ...
... seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its cradle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let his thoughts be of equal scope . Willingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet ...
Page xxxii
... seems to some of us to have been a geographical mistake . He ought to have been born in India . ' " He Avoiding criticism , we have confined ourselves to the exposition of Emerson's leading ideas and traits . His defects the reader may ...
... seems to some of us to have been a geographical mistake . He ought to have been born in India . ' " He Avoiding criticism , we have confined ourselves to the exposition of Emerson's leading ideas and traits . His defects the reader may ...
Page 15
... seems more to depend on the kind of man than British prosperity . Only a hardy and wise people could have made this small territory great . We say , in a regatta or yacht race , that if the boats are anywhere nearly matched , it is the ...
... seems more to depend on the kind of man than British prosperity . Only a hardy and wise people could have made this small territory great . We say , in a regatta or yacht race , that if the boats are anywhere nearly matched , it is the ...
Page 25
... seem to have established a tap - root in the bowels of the planet , because they are constitutionally fertile and creative . But a man must keep an eye on his servants , if he would not have them rule him . Man is a shrewd inventor ...
... seem to have established a tap - root in the bowels of the planet , because they are constitutionally fertile and creative . But a man must keep an eye on his servants , if he would not have them rule him . Man is a shrewd inventor ...
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