The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 75
... heart beats so high that the thumping against his leathern coat is audible across the centuries . a great difference . Behmen is healthily and beautifully wise , notwithstanding the mystical narrowness and incommunicable- ness ...
... heart beats so high that the thumping against his leathern coat is audible across the centuries . a great difference . Behmen is healthily and beautifully wise , notwithstanding the mystical narrowness and incommunicable- ness ...
Page 98
... are proportioned to the desti- nies . " In every house , in the heart of each maiden , and of each boy , in the soul of the soaring saint , this chasm is found , - between the largest promise of ideal power , and 98 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... are proportioned to the desti- nies . " In every house , in the heart of each maiden , and of each boy , in the soul of the soaring saint , this chasm is found , - between the largest promise of ideal power , and 98 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
Page 103
... heart in unison with his time and country . There is nothing whim- sical and fantastic in his production , but sweet and sad ear- nest , freighted with the weightiest convictions , and pointed with the most determined aim which any man ...
... heart in unison with his time and country . There is nothing whim- sical and fantastic in his production , but sweet and sad ear- nest , freighted with the weightiest convictions , and pointed with the most determined aim which any man ...
Page 113
... heart , on life and death , on love , on wealth and poverty , on the prizes of life , and the ways whereby we come at them ; on the characters of men , and the influences , occult and open , which affect their fortunes ; and on those ...
... heart , on life and death , on love , on wealth and poverty , on the prizes of life , and the ways whereby we come at them ; on the characters of men , and the influences , occult and open , which affect their fortunes ; and on those ...
Page 114
... hearts of men and women , their probity , and their second thought , and wiles ; the wiles of innocence , and the transitions by which virtues and vices slide into their contraries : he could divide the mother's part from the father's ...
... hearts of men and women , their probity , and their second thought , and wiles ; the wiles of innocence , and the transitions by which virtues and vices slide into their contraries : he could divide the mother's part from the father's ...
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