The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 15
... hold me when my welcome is gone . One would think that the affinities would pronounce themselves with a surer reci- procity . ' Here again , as so often , nature delights to put us between extreme antagonisms , and our safety is in the ...
... hold me when my welcome is gone . One would think that the affinities would pronounce themselves with a surer reci- procity . ' Here again , as so often , nature delights to put us between extreme antagonisms , and our safety is in the ...
Page 27
... holds in small as in great . Thus all our strength and success in the work of our hands depend on our borrowing the aid of the elements . You have seen a carpenter on a ladder with a broad- axe chopping upward chips from a beam . How ...
... holds in small as in great . Thus all our strength and success in the work of our hands depend on our borrowing the aid of the elements . You have seen a carpenter on a ladder with a broad- axe chopping upward chips from a beam . How ...
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... holds not less but more true of the culture of men than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.2 III ART I ...
... holds not less but more true of the culture of men than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.2 III ART I ...
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... holds the hearer fast ; steals away his feet , that he shall not depart ; his memory , that he shall not remember the most pressing affairs ; his belief , that he shall not admit any opposing considerations . The pictures we have of it ...
... holds the hearer fast ; steals away his feet , that he shall not depart ; his memory , that he shall not remember the most pressing affairs ; his belief , that he shall not admit any opposing considerations . The pictures we have of it ...
Page 90
... are keys which the orator holds ; and yet these fine gifts are not eloquence , and do often hinder a man's attainment of it . And if we come to the heart of the mystery , - J perhaps we should say that the truly eloquent 90 ELOQUENCE.
... are keys which the orator holds ; and yet these fine gifts are not eloquence , and do often hinder a man's attainment of it . And if we come to the heart of the mystery , - J perhaps we should say that the truly eloquent 90 ELOQUENCE.
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