The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 136
... truth , out it came , like a bolt from a cloud , for all the mumbling of the lawyers . One feels very sen- sibly in all this history that a great heart and soul are behind there , superior to any man , and making use of each , in turn ...
... truth , out it came , like a bolt from a cloud , for all the mumbling of the lawyers . One feels very sen- sibly in all this history that a great heart and soul are behind there , superior to any man , and making use of each , in turn ...
Page 146
... liberty and the watchwords of truth , are mixed up with all the rotten rabble of selfishness and tyranny . I assure myself that this coldness do and blindness will pass away . A single noble wind 146 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
... liberty and the watchwords of truth , are mixed up with all the rotten rabble of selfishness and tyranny . I assure myself that this coldness do and blindness will pass away . A single noble wind 146 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
Page 156
... truth . Put him into a circle of cultivated men , where the conversation broaches the great questions that besiege the human reason , and he would be dumb and unhappy , as an Indian in church . To men of a sedate and mature spirit , in ...
... truth . Put him into a circle of cultivated men , where the conversation broaches the great questions that besiege the human reason , and he would be dumb and unhappy , as an Indian in church . To men of a sedate and mature spirit , in ...
Page 165
... truth appears , -as , for instance , a perception in the wit of one Columbus that there is land in the Western Sea ; though he alone of all men has that thought , and they all jeer , it will build ships ; it will build fleets ; it will ...
... truth appears , -as , for instance , a perception in the wit of one Columbus that there is land in the Western Sea ; though he alone of all men has that thought , and they all jeer , it will build ships ; it will build fleets ; it will ...
Page 169
... truth ; men of an immense industry ; men whose influence is felt to the end of the earth ; men whose very look and voice carry the sentence of honor and shame ; and all forces yield to their energy and persuasion . When- ever we see the ...
... truth ; men of an immense industry ; men whose influence is felt to the end of the earth ; men whose very look and voice carry the sentence of honor and shame ; and all forces yield to their energy and persuasion . When- ever we see the ...
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