The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... present and the future are always rivals . Animal spirits constitute the power of the present , and their feats are like the structure of a pyramid . Their result is a lord , 12 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
... present and the future are always rivals . Animal spirits constitute the power of the present , and their feats are like the structure of a pyramid . Their result is a lord , 12 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
Page 37
... present day Trade , Politics , Letters , Science , or Religion seem to feel , and to labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate each into a new lan- guage the sense of the other . They are ...
... present day Trade , Politics , Letters , Science , or Religion seem to feel , and to labor to ex- press , the identity of their law . They are rays of one sun ; they translate each into a new lan- guage the sense of the other . They are ...
Page 81
... present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a merely superficial value . Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy . Personal ascendency may exist with or without adequate talent for ...
... present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a merely superficial value . Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy . Personal ascendency may exist with or without adequate talent for ...
Page 83
... present occurrence was so trivial that he could tell what was passing in his mind without being checked for unseason- able speech ; but let Bacon speak and wise men would rather listen though the revolution of kingdoms was on foot . I ...
... present occurrence was so trivial that he could tell what was passing in his mind without being checked for unseason- able speech ; but let Bacon speak and wise men would rather listen though the revolution of kingdoms was on foot . I ...
Page 85
... present may have ; and in any public assembly , him who has the facts and can and will state them , people will listen to , though he is other- wise ignorant , though he is hoarse and ungrace- ful , though he stutters and screams . In a ...
... present may have ; and in any public assembly , him who has the facts and can and will state them , people will listen to , though he is other- wise ignorant , though he is hoarse and ungrace- ful , though he stutters and screams . In a ...
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