The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 59
... wish to fling stones at my beautiful mother , nor soil my gentle nest . I only wish to indicate the true position of na- ture in regard to man , wherein to establish man all right education tends ; as the ground which to attain is the ...
... wish to fling stones at my beautiful mother , nor soil my gentle nest . I only wish to indicate the true position of na- ture in regard to man , wherein to establish man all right education tends ; as the ground which to attain is the ...
Page 344
... wish , as they are sincere and religious , to gratify any mere curiosity which you may entertain . Like fairies , they do not wish to be spoken of . Love me , they say , but do not ask who is my cousin and my uncle . If you do not need ...
... wish , as they are sincere and religious , to gratify any mere curiosity which you may entertain . Like fairies , they do not wish to be spoken of . Love me , they say , but do not ask who is my cousin and my uncle . If you do not need ...
Page 350
... wish to perform it . I do not wish to do one thing but once . ' I do not love routine . Once possessed of the principle , it is equally easy to make four or forty thousand applications of it . A great man will be content to have ...
... wish to perform it . I do not wish to do one thing but once . ' I do not love routine . Once possessed of the principle , it is equally easy to make four or forty thousand applications of it . A great man will be content to have ...
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action Alcott American appears beauty behold benefit better Boston Bronson Alcott Brook Farm Cabot called Carlyle character church common conservatism divine doctrine earth Emerson England essay exist F. B. Sanborn fact faith feel garden genius George William Curtis give heart heaven Henry Thoreau Heracleitus honor hope hour human ideas inspiration intellect John Sterling Journal labor land lecture light live look means ment mind moral nature never noble Over-Soul Paul of Russia persons Phi Beta Kappa philosophy plant Plato Plotinus Poems poet poetry Ralph Waldo Emerson reform religion scholar seems sense sentiment society solitude soul speak spirit stand stars sublime things thou thought tion trade Transcendentalist true truth ture universal virtue whilst whole wish words writing Xenophanes young youth