The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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Page 127
... action . It was inevitable that men should feel these motives . But they do not appear to have had an excessive or unreasonable weight . On reviewing this history , I think the whole trans- action reflects infinite honor on the people ...
... action . It was inevitable that men should feel these motives . But they do not appear to have had an excessive or unreasonable weight . On reviewing this history , I think the whole trans- action reflects infinite honor on the people ...
Page 169
... action in difficult and extreme cases , I will say , such cases , seldom or never occur to the good and just man ; nor are we careful to say , or even to know , what in such crises is to be done . A wise man will never impawn his future ...
... action in difficult and extreme cases , I will say , such cases , seldom or never occur to the good and just man ; nor are we careful to say , or even to know , what in such crises is to be done . A wise man will never impawn his future ...
Page 308
... action . ' And this action , which costs so little ( the parties injured by it being such a handful that they can very easily be indemnified ) , rids the world , at one stroke , of this degrading nuisance , the cause of war and ruin to ...
... action . ' And this action , which costs so little ( the parties injured by it being such a handful that they can very easily be indemnified ) , rids the world , at one stroke , of this degrading nuisance , the cause of war and ruin to ...
Contents
THE LORDS SUPPER | 1 |
HISTORICAL DISCOURSE | 27 |
LETTER ΤΟ PRESIDENT | 87 |
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