The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1 |
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Page 232
I leave for those who have the knowledge the part of sifting the oaths of our custom - houses ; I will not inquire into the oppression of the sailors ; I will not pry into the usages of our retail trade . I content myself with the fact ...
I leave for those who have the knowledge the part of sifting the oaths of our custom - houses ; I will not inquire into the oppression of the sailors ; I will not pry into the usages of our retail trade . I content myself with the fact ...
Page 275
a trade in the great boundless providence which had given the air , the water , and the land to men , to use and not to fence in and monopolize . It casts its eye on Trade , and Day Labor , and so it goes up and down , paving the earth ...
a trade in the great boundless providence which had given the air , the water , and the land to men , to use and not to fence in and monopolize . It casts its eye on Trade , and Day Labor , and so it goes up and down , paving the earth ...
Page 378
Trade goes to make the governments insignificant , and to bring every kind of faculty of every individual that can in any manner serve any person , on sale . Instead of a huge Army and Navy and Executive Departments , it converts ...
Trade goes to make the governments insignificant , and to bring every kind of faculty of every individual that can in any manner serve any person , on sale . Instead of a huge Army and Navy and Executive Departments , it converts ...
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