The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик, 1929 |
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Page 4
... thought of the inconceivable number of places where he was not. All he wished of his tailor was to provide that sober mean of color and cut which would never detain the eye for a moment. He went to Vienna, to Smyrna, to London. In all ...
... thought of the inconceivable number of places where he was not. All he wished of his tailor was to provide that sober mean of color and cut which would never detain the eye for a moment. He went to Vienna, to Smyrna, to London. In all ...
Page 9
... ,and making our warm cov— enants sentimental and momentary.I We must infer that the ends of thought were peremptory, if they were to be secured at such ruinous cost. They are deeper than can be told, and belong to SOCIETY AND SOLITU DE 9.
... ,and making our warm cov— enants sentimental and momentary.I We must infer that the ends of thought were peremptory, if they were to be secured at such ruinous cost. They are deeper than can be told, and belong to SOCIETY AND SOLITU DE 9.
Page 19
... thought, we call barbarous. And after many arts are in— vented or imported, as among the Turks and Moorish nations, it is Often a little complaisant to call them civilized. Each nation grows after its own genius, and has a civilization ...
... thought, we call barbarous. And after many arts are in— vented or imported, as among the Turks and Moorish nations, it is Often a little complaisant to call them civilized. Each nation grows after its own genius, and has a civilization ...
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... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge, overrunning all the old barriers of caste, and, by the cheap press, bringing the university to every ...
... thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. Another measure of culture is the diffusion of knowledge, overrunning all the old barriers of caste, and, by the cheap press, bringing the university to every ...
Page 28
... thought and many experiments we managed to meet the conditions, and to fold up the letter in such invisible compact form as he could carry in those invisible pockets of his, never wrought by needle and thread,—and it went like a charm ...
... thought and many experiments we managed to meet the conditions, and to fold up the letter in such invisible compact form as he could carry in those invisible pockets of his, never wrought by needle and thread,—and it went like a charm ...
Contents
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DOMESTIC LIFE | 101 |
FARMING | 137 |
WORKS AND DAYS | 157 |
BOOKS | 198 |
SUCCESS | 281 |
OLD AGE 313 | 318 |
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