Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxvi
... genius of a forgotten inventor . Life is girt all around with a zodiac of sciences , the contri- butions of men who have perished to add their point of light to our sky . " But , not to multiply quotations , it must be clear that ...
... genius of a forgotten inventor . Life is girt all around with a zodiac of sciences , the contri- butions of men who have perished to add their point of light to our sky . " But , not to multiply quotations , it must be clear that ...
Page 2
... genius of the master imparting his design to his friends , and inflaming them with it , and when his strength was spent , a new hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with ...
... genius of the master imparting his design to his friends , and inflaming them with it , and when his strength was spent , a new hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with ...
Page 7
... genius annoyed him , he professed hugely to admire the talent shown by his pig . He had spent much time and con- trivance in confining the poor beast to one enclosure in his pen , but pig , by great strokes of judgment , had found out ...
... genius annoyed him , he professed hugely to admire the talent shown by his pig . He had spent much time and con- trivance in confining the poor beast to one enclosure in his pen , but pig , by great strokes of judgment , had found out ...
Page 12
... genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him . It is race , is it not , that puts the hundred millions of India under the dominion of a remote island in the north of Europe ? Race ...
... genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him . It is race , is it not , that puts the hundred millions of India under the dominion of a remote island in the north of Europe ? Race ...
Page 17
... genius of the English people . There is a necessity on them to be logical . They would hardly greet the good that did not logically fall -— as if it excluded their own merit , or shook their understandings . They are jealous of minds ...
... genius of the English people . There is a necessity on them to be logical . They would hardly greet the good that did not logically fall -— as if it excluded their own merit , or shook their understandings . They are jealous of minds ...
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