The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page 46
... poor ; and , what seemed of at least equal importance , to exercise the right of expressing an opinion on every question before the country . In a town - meeting , the great secret of political sci- ence was uncovered , and the problem ...
... poor ; and , what seemed of at least equal importance , to exercise the right of expressing an opinion on every question before the country . In a town - meeting , the great secret of political sci- ence was uncovered , and the problem ...
Page 47
... poor also ; and moreover , the just and the unjust . He is ill informed who expects , on run- ning down the Town Records for two hundred years , to find a church of saints , a metropolis of patriots , enacting wholesome and creditable ...
... poor also ; and moreover , the just and the unjust . He is ill informed who expects , on run- ning down the Town Records for two hundred years , to find a church of saints , a metropolis of patriots , enacting wholesome and creditable ...
Page 49
... poor- house chimney , in the clock on the church , they read their own power , and consider , at leisure , the wisdom and error of their judgments . The British government has recently pre- sented to the several public libraries of this ...
... poor- house chimney , in the clock on the church , they read their own power , and consider , at leisure , the wisdom and error of their judgments . The British government has recently pre- sented to the several public libraries of this ...
Page 60
... poor followers to come at the ground - nuts , else they had starved . Hunted by Captain Church , he fled from one swamp to another ; his brother , his uncle , his sister , and his beloved squaw being taken or slain , he was at last shot ...
... poor followers to come at the ground - nuts , else they had starved . Hunted by Captain Church , he fled from one swamp to another ; his brother , his uncle , his sister , and his beloved squaw being taken or slain , he was at last shot ...
Page 64
... poor men ; and " being informed of the great present want of Thomas Pellit , gave order to Stephen Hosmer to deliver a town cow , of a black color , with a white face , unto said Pellit , for his present supply . " 3 From the beginning ...
... poor men ; and " being informed of the great present want of Thomas Pellit , gave order to Stephen Hosmer to deliver a town cow , of a black color , with a white face , unto said Pellit , for his present supply . " 3 From the beginning ...
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Page 314 - Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.
Page 1 - I LIKE a church; I like a cowl; I love a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought; Never from lips of cunning fell The thrilling Delphic oracle; Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible...
Page 328 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true.
Page 590 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 645 - I will divide my goods; Call in the wretch and slave: None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have.
Page 396 - Boston Hymn READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY I, 1863 The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Page 2 - The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak, or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost.
Page 216 - Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us. Burns, Shelley, were with us— they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen. He alone sinks to the rear and the slaves! We shall march prospering, — not thro...
Page 215 - Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains, — A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still strong in chains. All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled : When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead!
Page 600 - I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons.