The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 4
... write a letter to a friend . He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures . The solitary river was not solitary enough ; the sun and moon put him out . When he bought a house , the first thing he did was to plant trees . He could not ...
... write a letter to a friend . He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures . The solitary river was not solitary enough ; the sun and moon put him out . When he bought a house , the first thing he did was to plant trees . He could not ...
Page 7
... write one clean sentence . ' Tis worse , and tragic , that no man is fit for society who has fine traits . At a distance he is admired , but bring him hand to hand , he is a cripple . ' One protects himself by solitude , and one by ...
... write one clean sentence . ' Tis worse , and tragic , that no man is fit for society who has fine traits . At a distance he is admired , but bring him hand to hand , he is a cripple . ' One protects himself by solitude , and one by ...
Page 10
... rule otherwise for literature . If you would learn to write , ' t is in the street you must learn it . Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine ― arts you must frequent the public square . The people 20 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
... rule otherwise for literature . If you would learn to write , ' t is in the street you must learn it . Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine ― arts you must frequent the public square . The people 20 SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
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... writer's home . A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light . Never his lands or his rents , but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ...
... writer's home . A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light . Never his lands or his rents , but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ...
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... writing a book on the subject , does not . It implies the evolution of a highly organized man , brought to supreme delicacy of sentiment , as in practical power , religion , liberty , sense of honor and taste . In the hesitation to ...
... writing a book on the subject , does not . It implies the evolution of a highly organized man , brought to supreme delicacy of sentiment , as in practical power , religion , liberty , sense of honor and taste . In the hesitation to ...
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