Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... wise , and Nonconformity became a posi- tive virtue . " No concession to society ' " " was the cry of the new Protestants ; and so austere were some , that , seeing association of any kind involved compromise , they decided to leave ...
... wise , and Nonconformity became a posi- tive virtue . " No concession to society ' " " was the cry of the new Protestants ; and so austere were some , that , seeing association of any kind involved compromise , they decided to leave ...
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... wise . There were only three things which the government had brought into that garden of delights , namely , itch , pox , and famine . Whereas , in Malta , the force of law and mind was seen , in making that barren rock of semi ...
... wise . There were only three things which the government had brought into that garden of delights , namely , itch , pox , and famine . Whereas , in Malta , the force of law and mind was seen , in making that barren rock of semi ...
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... 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 man that wins . Put the best sailing master into either boat , and he will win ...
... 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 man that wins . Put the best sailing master into either boat , and he will win ...
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... wise , versatile , all - giving machinery makes chisels , roads , locomotives , telegraphs . Whitworth divides a bar to a millionth of an inch . Steam twines huge cannon into wreaths , as easily as it braids straw , and vies with the ...
... wise , versatile , all - giving machinery makes chisels , roads , locomotives , telegraphs . Whitworth divides a bar to a millionth of an inch . Steam twines huge cannon into wreaths , as easily as it braids straw , and vies with the ...
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... wise use , in view of the supreme wealth of nations ? We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital . And , in view of these injuries , some compensation has been attempted in England . A part of ...
... wise use , in view of the supreme wealth of nations ? We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital . And , in view of these injuries , some compensation has been attempted in England . A part of ...
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