The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 101
... time . Five rosy boys with morning light Had leaped from one fair mother's arms , Fronted the sun with hope as bright , And greeted God with childhood's psalms . THOU shalt make thy house The temple of a nation's DOMESTIC LIFE.
... time . Five rosy boys with morning light Had leaped from one fair mother's arms , Fronted the sun with hope as bright , And greeted God with childhood's psalms . THOU shalt make thy house The temple of a nation's DOMESTIC LIFE.
Page 108
... hope of the time be consulted ? These facts are , to be sure , harder to read . It is easier to count the census , or compute the square extent of a territory , to criticise its pol- ity , books , art , than to come to the persons and ...
... hope of the time be consulted ? These facts are , to be sure , harder to read . It is easier to count the census , or compute the square extent of a territory , to criticise its pol- ity , books , art , than to come to the persons and ...
Page 179
... passing fifteen minutes , men think , are time , not eternity ; are low and subaltern , are but hope or memory ; that is , the way to or the way from welfare , but not welfare . Can he show their tie ? That WORKS AND DAYS 179.
... passing fifteen minutes , men think , are time , not eternity ; are low and subaltern , are but hope or memory ; that is , the way to or the way from welfare , but not welfare . Can he show their tie ? That WORKS AND DAYS 179.
Page 218
... hope and generous attempts . - There is no room left , and yet I might as well not have begun as to leave out a class of books which are the best : I mean the Bibles of the world , or the sacred books of each nation , which express for ...
... hope and generous attempts . - There is no room left , and yet I might as well not have begun as to leave out a class of books which are the best : I mean the Bibles of the world , or the sacred books of each nation , which express for ...
Page 272
... hope and new morning of the West . The statue , the architecture , were the later and in- ferior creation of the same genius . In view of this moment of history , we recognize a certain prophetic instinct , better than wisdom . Napo ...
... hope and new morning of the West . The statue , the architecture , were the later and in- ferior creation of the same genius . In view of this moment of history , we recognize a certain prophetic instinct , better than wisdom . Napo ...
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