The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 17
... learned classifiers , Men knowing what they seek , armed eyes of experts . We praise the guide , we praise the forest life : But will we sacrifice our dear - bought lore Of books and arts and trained experiment , Or count the Sioux a ...
... learned classifiers , Men knowing what they seek , armed eyes of experts . We praise the guide , we praise the forest life : But will we sacrifice our dear - bought lore Of books and arts and trained experiment , Or count the Sioux a ...
Page 20
... learned the white man's work ; and in Africa the negro of to - day is the negro of Herodotus . In other races the growth is not arrested , but the like progress that is made by a boy " when he cuts his eye - teeth , ” as we say ...
... learned the white man's work ; and in Africa the negro of to - day is the negro of Herodotus . In other races the growth is not arrested , but the like progress that is made by a boy " when he cuts his eye - teeth , ” as we say ...
Page 88
... - 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.
... - 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.
Page 96
... jury , legislature and execu- tive . He has learned his lessons in a bitter school . Yet , if the pupil be of a texture to bear it , the best university that can be recom- - mended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of 96 ELOQUENCE.
... jury , legislature and execu- tive . He has learned his lessons in a bitter school . Yet , if the pupil be of a texture to bear it , the best university that can be recom- - mended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of 96 ELOQUENCE.
Page 121
... learned from the mode of life and manners of the later Romans , as described to us in the letters of the younger Pliny . Nor can I resist the temptation of quoting so trite an instance as the noble housekeeping of Lord Falk- land in ...
... learned from the mode of life and manners of the later Romans , as described to us in the letters of the younger Pliny . Nor can I resist the temptation of quoting so trite an instance as the noble housekeeping of Lord Falk- land in ...
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