The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 21
... moral system ; that it presents men with truths which are their own reason , and enjoins practices that are their own justification ; that if miracles may be said to have been , its evidence to the first Christians they are not its ...
... moral system ; that it presents men with truths which are their own reason , and enjoins practices that are their own justification ; that if miracles may be said to have been , its evidence to the first Christians they are not its ...
Page 94
... moral charac- ter of the government . On the broaching of this question , a general expression of despondency , of disbelief that any good will accrue from a remonstrance on an act of fraud and robbery , appeared in those men to whom we ...
... moral charac- ter of the government . On the broaching of this question , a general expression of despondency , of disbelief that any good will accrue from a remonstrance on an act of fraud and robbery , appeared in those men to whom we ...
Page 95
... . A man with your experience in affairs must have seen cause to appreciate the futility of opposition to the moral sentiment . However feeble the sufferer and J however great the oppressor , it is in the LETTER TO PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 95.
... . A man with your experience in affairs must have seen cause to appreciate the futility of opposition to the moral sentiment . However feeble the sufferer and J however great the oppressor , it is in the LETTER TO PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 95.
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... moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties . Else , I know not how , in our world , any good would ever get done . ' It was shown to the planters that they , as well as the negroes , were slaves ; that ...
... moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties . Else , I know not how , in our world , any good would ever get done . ' It was shown to the planters that they , as well as the negroes , were slaves ; that ...
Page 135
... moral revolution . The his- tory of it is before you . Here was no prodigy , no fabulous hero , no Trojan horse , no bloody war , but all was achieved by plain means of plain men , working not under a leader , but under a sentiment ...
... moral revolution . The his- tory of it is before you . Here was no prodigy , no fabulous hero , no Trojan horse , no bloody war , but all was achieved by plain means of plain men , working not under a leader , but under a sentiment ...
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