The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 152
... ical moments that man measures man . On its own scale , on the virtues it loves , it endures no counterfeit , but shakes the whole society until every atom falls into the place its specific gravity assigns it . It presently finds the ...
... ical moments that man measures man . On its own scale , on the virtues it loves , it endures no counterfeit , but shakes the whole society until every atom falls into the place its specific gravity assigns it . It presently finds the ...
Page 218
... ical sheets , -twopence a head his bread of knowledge costs and instantly the entire rec- tangular assembly , fresh from their breakfast , are bending as one man to their second break- fast . There is , no doubt , chaff enough in what ...
... ical sheets , -twopence a head his bread of knowledge costs and instantly the entire rec- tangular assembly , fresh from their breakfast , are bending as one man to their second break- fast . There is , no doubt , chaff enough in what ...
Page 255
... ical meeting , but it is impossible for the most recluse to extricate himself from the questions of the times . There is this peculiarity about the case of Kansas , that all the right is on one side . We hear the screams of hunted wives ...
... ical meeting , but it is impossible for the most recluse to extricate himself from the questions of the times . There is this peculiarity about the case of Kansas , that all the right is on one side . We hear the screams of hunted wives ...
Page 298
... . We have at- tempted to hold together two states of civiliza- tion a higher state , where labor and the tenure of land and the right of suffrage are democrat- ical ; and a lower state , in which the 298 AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
... . We have at- tempted to hold together two states of civiliza- tion a higher state , where labor and the tenure of land and the right of suffrage are democrat- ical ; and a lower state , in which the 298 AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
Page 299
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ical ; and a lower state , in which the old mil- itary tenure of prisoners or slaves , and of power and land in a few hands , makes an oligarchy : we have attempted to hold these two states of society under one law ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ical ; and a lower state , in which the old mil- itary tenure of prisoners or slaves , and of power and land in a few hands , makes an oligarchy : we have attempted to hold these two states of society under one law ...
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