The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles : Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? THE word unto the prophet ...
... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles : Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? THE word unto the prophet ...
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... heart ; that only that life was re- ligious which was thoroughly good ; that sacri- fice was smoke , and forms were shadows . This man lived and died true to this purpose ; and now , with his blessed word and life before us ...
... heart ; that only that life was re- ligious which was thoroughly good ; that sacri- fice was smoke , and forms were shadows . This man lived and died true to this purpose ; and now , with his blessed word and life before us ...
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... heart . Having said this , I have said all . I have no hostility to this institution ; I am only stating my want of sympathy with it . Neither should I ever have obtruded this opinion upon other people , had I not been called by my ...
... heart . Having said this , I have said all . I have no hostility to this institution ; I am only stating my want of sympathy with it . Neither should I ever have obtruded this opinion upon other people , had I not been called by my ...
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... heart was soft , or he had spoken anything unworthy of himself . " ' in We know beforehand who must conquer that unequal struggle . The red man may de- stroy here and there a straggler , as a wild beast may ; he may fire a farm - house ...
... heart was soft , or he had spoken anything unworthy of himself . " ' in We know beforehand who must conquer that unequal struggle . The red man may de- stroy here and there a straggler , as a wild beast may ; he may fire a farm - house ...
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... heart of charity , of humanity , was stone . After Philip's death , their strength was irrecov- erably broken . They never more disturbed the interior settlements , and a few vagrant families , that are now pensioners on the bounty of ...
... heart of charity , of humanity , was stone . After Philip's death , their strength was irrecov- erably broken . They never more disturbed the interior settlements , and a few vagrant families , that are now pensioners on the bounty of ...
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