The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 19
... called Civilization . It is a vague , complex name , of many degrees . Nobody has attempted a definition . Mr. Guizot , writing a book on the subject , does not . It implies the evolution of a highly organized man , brought to supreme ...
... called Civilization . It is a vague , complex name , of many degrees . Nobody has attempted a definition . Mr. Guizot , writing a book on the subject , does not . It implies the evolution of a highly organized man , brought to supreme ...
Page 51
... called religious . It conspires with all exalted sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue ...
... called religious . It conspires with all exalted sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue ...
Page 52
... called " silent poetry , " and poetry " speaking painting . " The laws of each art are convertible into the laws of every other . Herein we have an explanation of the ne- cessity that reigns in all the kingdom of Art . Arising out of ...
... called " silent poetry , " and poetry " speaking painting . " The laws of each art are convertible into the laws of every other . Herein we have an explanation of the ne- cessity that reigns in all the kingdom of Art . Arising out of ...
Page 82
... , by annexing to Spain a continent as large as six or seven Europes . This balance between the orator and the au- dience is expressed in what is called the perti- nence of the speaker . There is always a rivalry 82 ELOQUENCE.
... , by annexing to Spain a continent as large as six or seven Europes . This balance between the orator and the au- dience is expressed in what is called the perti- nence of the speaker . There is always a rivalry 82 ELOQUENCE.
Page 88
... the black - letter lawyers of the day sneered at his " equitable decisions , " as if they were not also learned . This , indeed , is what speech is for , — to make the statement ; and all that is called eloquence seems 88 ELOQUENCE.
... the black - letter lawyers of the day sneered at his " equitable decisions , " as if they were not also learned . This , indeed , is what speech is for , — to make the statement ; and all that is called eloquence seems 88 ELOQUENCE.
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Æschylus appears astronomy beauty Ben Jonson better Boston called character charm civil club conversation courage dæmons delight Demosthenes divine earth eloquence Emerson England essay eternal experience fact feel genius give Goethe Greek Hafiz heard heart heaven hour human imagination immortality inspiration intel intellect Jotun journal labor learned lecture live look manners Margaret Fuller master mind moral Nachiketas nations Nature never Odoacer orator Over-Soul passage persons Phi Beta Kappa Pindar plants Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry RALPH WALDO EMERSON rhyme Saadi scholar seems sense sentence sentiment Shakspeare society Socrates solitude song soul speak speech spirit talent things thou thought tion truth ture verse Viasa voice whilst wise wish words write wrote young youth Zoroaster