The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 339
... essays , Society and Solitude , which did not appear until 1870. In those years a crisis in which the life or death of the United States hung long in what seemed a doubtful issue had been safely passed . Statesmen , " practical ...
... essays , Society and Solitude , which did not appear until 1870. In those years a crisis in which the life or death of the United States hung long in what seemed a doubtful issue had been safely passed . Statesmen , " practical ...
Page 340
... essays , as lectures , had ex- ordiums fit for the day . " Civilization " is but a part of a lecture given at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , in January , 1862 , called " Civilization at a Pinch , " in which the duty of the ...
... essays , as lectures , had ex- ordiums fit for the day . " Civilization " is but a part of a lecture given at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , in January , 1862 , called " Civilization at a Pinch , " in which the duty of the ...
Page 341
... essays re- call the spoken word and the speaker's presence . They were all thus first tested on the average American audience in town and country . The earlier addresses show more of the priest , the later of the lecturer who was also a ...
... essays re- call the spoken word and the speaker's presence . They were all thus first tested on the average American audience in town and country . The earlier addresses show more of the priest , the later of the lecturer who was also a ...
Page 345
... essays included in this book existed in some form as lectures in 1858 or 1859. What is known of their first delivery will be told in the notes to each essay . Yet they underwent much change during the long period of re- hearsal , and ...
... essays included in this book existed in some form as lectures in 1858 or 1859. What is known of their first delivery will be told in the notes to each essay . Yet they underwent much change during the long period of re- hearsal , and ...
Page 351
... into the essay here printed , treating of the general theme , only referring to the times in the last paragraph , and the appeal for the political exigency of the hour , " American Civilization , " included in NOTES 351.
... into the essay here printed , treating of the general theme , only referring to the times in the last paragraph , and the appeal for the political exigency of the hour , " American Civilization , " included in NOTES 351.
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