The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 61
... inspire such a feeling as the wild beast inspires in the people near his den . It is the misfortune of Concord to have permitted a disgraceful outrage upon the friendly Indians settled within its limits , in February , 1676 , which ...
... inspire such a feeling as the wild beast inspires in the people near his den . It is the misfortune of Concord to have permitted a disgraceful outrage upon the friendly Indians settled within its limits , in February , 1676 , which ...
Page 161
... inspire , predicted according to the light of each seer . The idea itself is the epoch ; the fact that it has become so distinct to any small number of persons as to become a subject of prayer and hope , of concert and discussion , that ...
... inspire , predicted according to the light of each seer . The idea itself is the epoch ; the fact that it has become so distinct to any small number of persons as to become a subject of prayer and hope , of concert and discussion , that ...
Page 166
... inspired with a tender kind- ness to the souls of men , and should come to feel that every man was another self with whom he might come to join , as left hand works with right . Every degree of the ascendency of this feeling would cause ...
... inspired with a tender kind- ness to the souls of men , and should come to feel that every man was another self with whom he might come to join , as left hand works with right . Every degree of the ascendency of this feeling would cause ...
Page 200
... inspired . It was one of the best compensations of this calamity . But the Nemesis works underneath again . It is a power that makes noonday dark , and draws us on to our undoing ; and its dismal way is to pillory the offender in the ...
... inspired . It was one of the best compensations of this calamity . But the Nemesis works underneath again . It is a power that makes noonday dark , and draws us on to our undoing ; and its dismal way is to pillory the offender in the ...
Page 220
... low , and all men like to be made much of . There are those too who have power and inspiration only to do ill . Their talent or their faculty deserts them when they undertake anything right . 220 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
... low , and all men like to be made much of . There are those too who have power and inspiration only to do ill . Their talent or their faculty deserts them when they undertake anything right . 220 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
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