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" The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual ; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy ; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must... "
Complete Works - Page 206
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1863 - 288 pages
...Individual ; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy ; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must be owned,...this coronation of her king. To educate the wise man, the_State exists ; and with the appearance of the wise man,*the State expires. The appearance of character...
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Essays: 2nd series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 274 pages
...Individual; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must be owned,...To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the.appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of character makes the State unnecessary....
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Meliora, Volumes 11-12

1868 - 812 pages
...subject, the lesson of all we have written, may be pressed into that fine saying of Emerson's : — ' To educate the wise man, the State exists ; and with...the appearance of the wise man, the State expires/ INCREASED PAUPERISM, AND ITS REMEDY. 1. Prize Essay on the Employment of Operatives and Workmen in...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...Individual ; the appearance of the prinI cipal to supersede the proxy ; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must be owned,...her king. To educate the wise man, the State exists j_ and with the_an£earance_ ofjthe wise man, the State expires. The appearance of character" makes...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 238 pages
...Individual; the appearance. of the principal to supersede the proxy ; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must be owned,...revolutions, go to form and deliver, is character; that is ilje end of nature, to reach unto this coronation of her king. To educate the wise man, the State exists...
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...Individual ; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy ; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government is, it must be owned,...nature, to reach unto this coronation of her king. To r educate the wise man, the State exists ; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires....
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 50

1884 - 506 pages
...become fixed in the memory. We all know them. First and foremost, character — character is everything. "That which all things tend to educe — which freedom,...revolutions, go to form and deliver — is character." Character and self-reliance. " Trust thyself ! every heart vibrates to that iron string." And yet we...
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Scribner's Magazine, Volume 2

Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1887 - 892 pages
...common by the hero and his worshipper. Character, being thus less considered, develops less energy. " That which all things tend to educe — which freedom,...revolutions go to form and deliver — is character," says Emerson, with transcendental confidence. Yes ! but not character as we understand it, not individual...
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French Traits: An Essay in Comparative Criticism

William Crary Brownell - 1889 - 442 pages
...jnon by the hero and his worshipper. Character, being thus less considered, develops less energy. " That which all things tend to educe — which freedom,...revolutions go to form and deliver — is character," says Emerson, with transcendental confidence. Yes ! but not character as we understand it, not individual...
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Man and the State, Studies in Applied Sociology: Popular Lectures and ...

Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1892 - 584 pages
...kept by better gods than the will of magistrates " ; " good men must not obey the laws too well " ; " to educate the wise man the state exists, and with the appearance of the wise man the state expires " — express a widespread feeling not among cranks and bomb-throwers merely, but among sober, orderly,...
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