The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 5
... given his soul for the ring of Gyges . His dismay at his visibility had blunted the fears of mortality . " Do you think , " he said , " I am in such great terror of being shot , I , who am only waiting to shuffle off my corporeal jacket ...
... given his soul for the ring of Gyges . His dismay at his visibility had blunted the fears of mortality . " Do you think , " he said , " I am in such great terror of being shot , I , who am only waiting to shuffle off my corporeal jacket ...
Page 45
... merely conventional part of the performance contributes much to it effect ? One consideration more exhausts I believe al the deductions from the genius of the artist in any given work . This is the adventitious . Thus ART 45.
... merely conventional part of the performance contributes much to it effect ? One consideration more exhausts I believe al the deductions from the genius of the artist in any given work . This is the adventitious . Thus ART 45.
Page 46
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. any given work . This is the adventitious . Thus the pleasure that a noble temple gives us is only in part owing to the temple . It is exalted by the beauty of sunlight , the play of the clouds ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. any given work . This is the adventitious . Thus the pleasure that a noble temple gives us is only in part owing to the temple . It is exalted by the beauty of sunlight , the play of the clouds ...
Page 75
... given to oratory over the most solid and accumulated public ser- vice . In a Senate or other business committee , the solid result depends on a few men with working talent . They know how to deal with the facts before them , to put ...
... given to oratory over the most solid and accumulated public ser- vice . In a Senate or other business committee , the solid result depends on a few men with working talent . They know how to deal with the facts before them , to put ...
Page 132
... given to com- mon law the maxim that every man's house is his castle the progress of truth will make every house a shrine . Will not man one day open his eyes and see how dear he is to the soul of Nature , how near it is to him ? Will ...
... given to com- mon law the maxim that every man's house is his castle the progress of truth will make every house a shrine . Will not man one day open his eyes and see how dear he is to the soul of Nature , how near it is to him ? Will ...
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