The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 43
... ment of new plantations in the vicinity of Bos- ton , and parties , with grants of land , straggled into the country to truck with the Indians and to clear the land for their own benefit , the Gov- ernor and freemen in Boston found it ...
... ment of new plantations in the vicinity of Bos- ton , and parties , with grants of land , straggled into the country to truck with the Indians and to clear the land for their own benefit , the Gov- ernor and freemen in Boston found it ...
Page 52
... ment to twenty - nine rules , all breathing a de- sire to conform themselves to English cus- toms . They requested to have a town given them within the bounds of Concord , near unto the English . When this question was pro- pounded by ...
... ment to twenty - nine rules , all breathing a de- sire to conform themselves to English cus- toms . They requested to have a town given them within the bounds of Concord , near unto the English . When this question was pro- pounded by ...
Page 103
... ment ; no property in the rags that covered him ; no marriage , no right in the poor black woman that cherished him in her bosom , no right to the children of his body ; no security from the humors , none from the crimes , none from the ...
... ment ; no property in the rags that covered him ; no marriage , no right in the poor black woman that cherished him in her bosom , no right to the children of his body ; no security from the humors , none from the crimes , none from the ...
Page 162
... ment , but which admit the general expediency and permanent excellence of the project . What is the best must be the true ; and what is true that is , what is at bottom fit and agree- able to the constitution of man must at last prevail ...
... ment , but which admit the general expediency and permanent excellence of the project . What is the best must be the true ; and what is true that is , what is at bottom fit and agree- able to the constitution of man must at last prevail ...
Page 163
... handful of friends of peace . Thus always we are daunted by the appear- ances ; not seeing that their whole value lies at bottom in the state of mind . It is really a thought that built this portentous war - establish ment , WAR 163.
... handful of friends of peace . Thus always we are daunted by the appear- ances ; not seeing that their whole value lies at bottom in the state of mind . It is really a thought that built this portentous war - establish ment , WAR 163.
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