The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 16
... learned to form a judgment more in accordance with the spirit of Christianity than was the prac tice of the early ages . ( II . But it is said : " Admit that the rite was not designed to be perpetual . What harm doth it ? Here it stands ...
... learned to form a judgment more in accordance with the spirit of Christianity than was the prac tice of the early ages . ( II . But it is said : " Admit that the rite was not designed to be perpetual . What harm doth it ? Here it stands ...
Page 46
... learned to exercise a sovereignty in the laying of taxes ; in the choice of their deputy to the house of represent- atives ; in the disposal of the town lands ; in the care of public worship , the school and the poor ; and , what seemed ...
... learned to exercise a sovereignty in the laying of taxes ; in the choice of their deputy to the house of represent- atives ; in the disposal of the town lands ; in the care of public worship , the school and the poor ; and , what seemed ...
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... learned to supply themselves with sugar , tea and molasses . The college had been already gathered in 1638. Now the school- house went up . The General Court , in 1647 , " to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our ...
... learned to supply themselves with sugar , tea and molasses . The college had been already gathered in 1638. Now the school- house went up . The General Court , in 1647 , " to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our ...
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... learned with joy their improvement in the social arts . We have read their newspapers . We have seen some of them in our schools and colleges . In common with the great body of the American people , we have witnessed with sympathy the ...
... learned with joy their improvement in the social arts . We have read their newspapers . We have seen some of them in our schools and colleges . In common with the great body of the American people , we have witnessed with sympathy the ...
Page 130
... learned that a citizen of Nantucket , walking in New Orleans , found a freeborn citizen of Nantucket , a man , too , of great personal worth , and , as it happened , very dear to him , as having saved his own life , work- ing chained in ...
... learned that a citizen of Nantucket , walking in New Orleans , found a freeborn citizen of Nantucket , a man , too , of great personal worth , and , as it happened , very dear to him , as having saved his own life , work- ing chained in ...
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