The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик, 1929 |
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Page 14
... and you make them all wretched. 'T is an extempore Sing-Sing built in a parlor. Leave them to seek their own mates, and they will be as merry as sparrows.' A higher civility will reéstablish in our cus~ toms a I4. SOCIETY AND sou—rum:
... and you make them all wretched. 'T is an extempore Sing-Sing built in a parlor. Leave them to seek their own mates, and they will be as merry as sparrows.' A higher civility will reéstablish in our cus~ toms a I4. SOCIETY AND sou—rum:
Page 21
... leaves. But so simple a labor as a house being achieved, his chief enemies are kept at bay. He is safe from the teeth of wild animals, from frost, sunstroke and weather; and fine faculties begin to yield their fine harvest. Invention ...
... leaves. But so simple a labor as a house being achieved, his chief enemies are kept at bay. He is safe from the teeth of wild animals, from frost, sunstroke and weather; and fine faculties begin to yield their fine harvest. Invention ...
Page 30
... leave us. Work rather for those interests which the divinities honor and promote, —justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility. If we can thus ride in Olympian chariots by putting our works in the path of the celestial circuits, we can ...
... leave us. Work rather for those interests which the divinities honor and promote, —justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility. If we can thus ride in Olympian chariots by putting our works in the path of the celestial circuits, we can ...
Page 59
... world in ecstasy, The forest waves, the morning breaks, The pastures sleep, ripple the lakes, Leaves twinkle, flowers like persons be And life pulsates in rock or tree. ELOQUENCE T is the doctrine of the popular music-masters that.
... world in ecstasy, The forest waves, the morning breaks, The pastures sleep, ripple the lakes, Leaves twinkle, flowers like persons be And life pulsates in rock or tree. ELOQUENCE T is the doctrine of the popular music-masters that.
Page 76
... Leaving behind us these pretensions, better or worse, to come a little nearer to the verity,— eloquence is attractive as an example of the magic of personal ascendency,—a total and resultant power, rare, because it requires a rich ...
... Leaving behind us these pretensions, better or worse, to come a little nearer to the verity,— eloquence is attractive as an example of the magic of personal ascendency,—a total and resultant power, rare, because it requires a rich ...
Contents
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61 | |
DOMESTIC LIFE | 101 |
FARMING | 137 |
WORKS AND DAYS | 157 |
BOOKS | 198 |
SUCCESS | 281 |
OLD AGE 313 | 318 |
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