Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 44
... religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of living ; their association ; in their property ; in their speculative views . 1. In what prayers do men allow themselves ! That which they call a holy office is not so ...
... religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of living ; their association ; in their property ; in their speculative views . 1. In what prayers do men allow themselves ! That which they call a holy office is not so ...
Page 48
... Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . It recedes as fast on one Society never advances . 48 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . It recedes as fast on one Society never advances . 48 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 49
... ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and E philosophy of the nineteenth century avail to educate greater men SELF - RELIANCE 49.
... ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and E philosophy of the nineteenth century avail to educate greater men SELF - RELIANCE 49.
Page 50
... which protect it , is the want of self - reliance . Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long , that they have come to esteem the religious , learned , and civil institutions as guards 50 50 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... which protect it , is the want of self - reliance . Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long , that they have come to esteem the religious , learned , and civil institutions as guards 50 50 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. the religious , learned , and civil institutions as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They measure their esteem of each other by what each ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. the religious , learned , and civil institutions as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They measure their esteem of each other by what each ...
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