The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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... sentiment is just , and the practice is wise . Our ears shall not be deaf to the voice of time . We will review the deeds of our fathers , and pass that just verdict on them we expect from posterity on our own . And yet , in the ...
... sentiment is just , and the practice is wise . Our ears shall not be deaf to the voice of time . We will review the deeds of our fathers , and pass that just verdict on them we expect from posterity on our own . And yet , in the ...
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... sentiment sanctified the thirst for liberty . All the military movements in this town were solemnized by acts of public wor- ship . In January , 1775 , a meeting was held for the enlisting of minute - men . Reverend William Emerson ...
... sentiment sanctified the thirst for liberty . All the military movements in this town were solemnized by acts of public wor- ship . In January , 1775 , a meeting was held for the enlisting of minute - men . Reverend William Emerson ...
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... 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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... sentiment , and it cannot be withstood . The potentate and the people perish before it ; but with it , and as its executor , they are omnipotent . I write thus , sir , to inform you of the state of mind these Indian tidings have ...
... sentiment , and it cannot be withstood . The potentate and the people perish before it ; but with it , and as its executor , they are omnipotent . I write thus , sir , to inform you of the state of mind these Indian tidings have ...
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... sentiment , " that Providence had never made that to be wise which was immoral , and that the slave - trade was as impolitic as it was unjust ; " that it was found peculiarly fatal to those i . I employed in it . More seamen died in ...
... sentiment , " that Providence had never made that to be wise which was immoral , and that the slave - trade was as impolitic as it was unjust ; " that it was found peculiarly fatal to those i . I employed in it . More seamen died in ...
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