The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 20
... beginning of each im- provement , some superior foreigner import- ing new and wonderful arts , and teaching them . ' Of course he must not know too much , but must have the sympathy , language and gods of those he would inform . But ...
... beginning of each im- provement , some superior foreigner import- ing new and wonderful arts , and teaching them . ' Of course he must not know too much , but must have the sympathy , language and gods of those he would inform . But ...
Page 48
... beginning of this essay , as it af- fects the purely spiritual part of a work of art . As , in useful art , so far as it is useful , the work must be strictly subordinated to the laws of Nature , so as to become a sort of continua- tion ...
... beginning of this essay , as it af- fects the purely spiritual part of a work of art . As , in useful art , so far as it is useful , the work must be strictly subordinated to the laws of Nature , so as to become a sort of continua- tion ...
Page 158
... beginning of the world down to Newton , and what had been done by him , his would be the better half , " so one might say that the inventions of the last fifty years counterpoise those of the fifty centuries before them . For the vast ...
... beginning of the world down to Newton , and what had been done by him , his would be the better half , " so one might say that the inventions of the last fifty years counterpoise those of the fifty centuries before them . For the vast ...
Page 209
... beginning of the present century . For an autograph of Shakspeare one hundred and fifty- five guineas were given . In May , 1812 , the library of the Duke of Roxburgh was sold . The sale lasted forty - two days , - we abridge the story ...
... beginning of the present century . For an autograph of Shakspeare one hundred and fifty- five guineas were given . In May , 1812 , the library of the Duke of Roxburgh was sold . The sale lasted forty - two days , - we abridge the story ...
Page 257
... beginning early to be occupied day by day with some routine of safe industry , never come to the rough experiences that make the Indian , the soldier or the frontiersman self - subsistent and fearless . Hence the high price of courage ...
... beginning early to be occupied day by day with some routine of safe industry , never come to the rough experiences that make the Indian , the soldier or the frontiersman self - subsistent and fearless . Hence the high price of courage ...
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