The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... facts enough to the purpose , and must decline its turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation ...
... facts enough to the purpose , and must decline its turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation ...
Page 43
... fact is subordination of man . His art is the least part of his work of art . A great deduction is to be made before we can know his proper contribution to it . ' Music , Eloquence , Poetry , Painting , Sculp- ture , Architecture . This ...
... fact is subordination of man . His art is the least part of his work of art . A great deduction is to be made before we can know his proper contribution to it . ' Music , Eloquence , Poetry , Painting , Sculp- ture , Architecture . This ...
Page 49
... fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to this , in the fine arts , is the manner of our intellectual ...
... fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to this , in the fine arts , is the manner of our intellectual ...
Page 68
... fact converted into speech , all warm and colored and alive , as it fell out . Our Southern people are almost all speak- ers , and have every advantage over the New - I ▸ very England people , whose climate is so cold that 68 ELOQUENCE.
... fact converted into speech , all warm and colored and alive , as it fell out . Our Southern people are almost all speak- ers , and have every advantage over the New - I ▸ very England people , whose climate is so cold that 68 ELOQUENCE.
Page 85
... fact , and know how to tell it . ' In any knot of men con- versing on any subject , the person who knows most about ... facts and can and will state them , people will listen to , though he is other- wise ignorant , though he is hoarse ...
... fact , and know how to tell it . ' In any knot of men con- versing on any subject , the person who knows most about ... facts and can and will state them , people will listen to , though he is other- wise ignorant , though he is hoarse ...
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