The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 10
... better understanding , and as if for our understanding , that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten , that he only meant we should live by his commandment . He closed his discourse with these explanatory expressions ...
... better understanding , and as if for our understanding , that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten , that he only meant we should live by his commandment . He closed his discourse with these explanatory expressions ...
Page 35
... , and for those who were new to the country and bred in softness , a formidable adventure . But the pilgrims had the preparation of an armed mind , better than any hardihood of body . And the rough welcome which the new land AT CONCORD 35.
... , and for those who were new to the country and bred in softness , a formidable adventure . But the pilgrims had the preparation of an armed mind , better than any hardihood of body . And the rough welcome which the new land AT CONCORD 35.
Page 67
... better sermon of the two . It was also his last . " I The planting of the colony was the effect of religious principle . The Revolution was the fruit of another principle , — the devouring thirst for justice . From the appearance of the ...
... better sermon of the two . It was also his last . " I The planting of the colony was the effect of religious principle . The Revolution was the fruit of another principle , — the devouring thirst for justice . From the appearance of the ...
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... better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the settlement , as far as a great Empire was concerned , of a ques- tion on which ...
... better than a flock of birds and beasts ; a day which gave the immense fortification of a fact , of gross history , to ethical abstractions . It was the settlement , as far as a great Empire was concerned , of a ques- tion on which ...
Page 103
... better than the buckra , or white , his choice of two boxes , a big and a little one . The black man was greedy , and chose the largest . " The buckra box was full up with pen , paper and whip , and the negro box with hoe and bill ; and ...
... better than the buckra , or white , his choice of two boxes , a big and a little one . The black man was greedy , and chose the largest . " The buckra box was full up with pen , paper and whip , and the negro box with hoe and bill ; and ...
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