Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxv
... 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 mind that Emerson's view is redeemed ...
... 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 mind that Emerson's view is redeemed ...
Page 70
... thou work , and thou canst not escape the reward : whether thy work be fine or coarse , planting corn or writing epics , so only it be honest work , done to thine own approbation , it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the ...
... thou work , and thou canst not escape the reward : whether thy work be fine or coarse , planting corn or writing epics , so only it be honest work , done to thine own approbation , it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the ...
Page 84
... thou livest , that every sound that is spoken over the round world , which thou oughtest to hear , will vibrate on thine ear ! Every proverb , every book , every byword that belongs to thee for aid or com- fort , shall surely come home ...
... thou livest , that every sound that is spoken over the round world , which thou oughtest to hear , will vibrate on thine ear ! Every proverb , every book , every byword that belongs to thee for aid or com- fort , shall surely come home ...
Page 89
... thou ! Every personal consideration that we allow costs us heavenly state . We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure . O How often must we learn this lesson ? Men cease to interest us when we find their ...
... thou ! Every personal consideration that we allow costs us heavenly state . We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure . O How often must we learn this lesson ? Men cease to interest us when we find their ...
Page 102
... thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in silence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses 102 COMPENSATION .
... thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in silence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses 102 COMPENSATION .
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