The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 62
... live under the government of worse men ; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors , as the penalty of abstaining to speak , - that they shall hear worse orators than them- selves . ' But this lust to speak marks the ...
... live under the government of worse men ; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors , as the penalty of abstaining to speak , - that they shall hear worse orators than them- selves . ' But this lust to speak marks the ...
Page 105
... live over the unconscious history with a sympathy so tender as to be al- most personal experience.2 Fast almost too fast for the wistful curios- ity of the parents , studious of the witchcraft of curls and dimples and broken words — the ...
... live over the unconscious history with a sympathy so tender as to be al- most personal experience.2 Fast almost too fast for the wistful curios- ity of the parents , studious of the witchcraft of curls and dimples and broken words — the ...
Page 108
... live ruins amidst ruins . The great facts are the near ones . The account of the body is to be sought in the mind . The his- tory of your fortunes is written first in your life . Let us come then out of the public square and enter the ...
... live ruins amidst ruins . The great facts are the near ones . The account of the body is to be sought in the mind . The his- tory of your fortunes is written first in your life . Let us come then out of the public square and enter the ...
Page 125
... hold fast , all our lives long , a faith in a better life , in better men , in clean and noble relations , not › withstanding our total inexperience of a true society . Certainly this was not the intention of Nature DOMESTIC LIFE 125.
... hold fast , all our lives long , a faith in a better life , in better men , in clean and noble relations , not › withstanding our total inexperience of a true society . Certainly this was not the intention of Nature DOMESTIC LIFE 125.
Page 139
... live , farms remain in the same families for seven and eight generations ; and most of the first settlers ( in 1635 ) , should they reappear on the farms to- day , would find their own blood and names still in possession . And the like ...
... live , farms remain in the same families for seven and eight generations ; and most of the first settlers ( in 1635 ) , should they reappear on the farms to- day , would find their own blood and names still in possession . And the like ...
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