Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 45
... equal to the highest attempts , and a rhetoric like the armoury of the invincible knights of old . There is in the action of his mind a long Atlantic roll not known except in deepest waters , and only lacking what ought to accompany ...
... equal to the highest attempts , and a rhetoric like the armoury of the invincible knights of old . There is in the action of his mind a long Atlantic roll not known except in deepest waters , and only lacking what ought to accompany ...
Page 59
... equal to all emergencies alone , and that man is more often injured than helped by the means he uses . I conceive this gradual casting off of material aids , and the indication of growing trust in the private , self - supplied powers of ...
... equal to all emergencies alone , and that man is more often injured than helped by the means he uses . I conceive this gradual casting off of material aids , and the indication of growing trust in the private , self - supplied powers of ...
Page 60
... equal to the work they pretend . They lose their way ; in the assault on the kingdom of darkness they expend all their energy on some accidental evil , and lose their sanity and power of benefit . It is of little moment that one or two ...
... equal to the work they pretend . They lose their way ; in the assault on the kingdom of darkness they expend all their energy on some accidental evil , and lose their sanity and power of benefit . It is of little moment that one or two ...
Page 61
... equal reward to labour and to talent , and to unite a liberal culture with an education to labour . The scheme offers , by the economies of associated labour and expense , to make every member rich on the same amount of property that ...
... equal reward to labour and to talent , and to unite a liberal culture with an education to labour . The scheme offers , by the economies of associated labour and expense , to make every member rich on the same amount of property that ...
Page 66
... equal insight , often fall . They feel the poverty at the bottom of all the seeming afflu- ence of the world . They ... equals . All that a man has will he give for right relations with his mates . All that he has will he give for an ...
... equal insight , often fall . They feel the poverty at the bottom of all the seeming afflu- ence of the world . They ... equals . All that a man has will he give for right relations with his mates . All that he has will he give for an ...
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action appear beauty behold believe Ben Jonson better Celt character church conversation divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil fact faith fear feel force genius give Goethe Greek Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea individual inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour Margaret Fuller means Milton mind moral nations nature never noble numbers opinion perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Plato poet poetry political present race reform relations religion religious Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society soul speak spirit stand sublime T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth universe virtue WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wisdom wise wish words write