The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 184
... thought , the absence of standard in men's minds , more than the dominion of party . Here are humane people who have tears for misery , an open purse for want ; who should have been the defenders of the poor man , are found his ...
... thought , the absence of standard in men's minds , more than the dominion of party . Here are humane people who have tears for misery , an open purse for want ; who should have been the defenders of the poor man , are found his ...
Page 188
... thought it a point on which all sane men were agreed , that the law must re- spect the public morality . I thought that all men of all conditions had been made sharers of a certain experience , that in certain rare and retired moments ...
... thought it a point on which all sane men were agreed , that the law must re- spect the public morality . I thought that all men of all conditions had been made sharers of a certain experience , that in certain rare and retired moments ...
Page 189
... thought that every time a man goes back to his own thoughts , these angels receive him , talk with him , and that , in the best hours , he is uplifted in virtue of this essence , into a peace and into a power which the material world ...
... thought that every time a man goes back to his own thoughts , these angels receive him , talk with him , and that , in the best hours , he is uplifted in virtue of this essence , into a peace and into a power which the material world ...
Page 199
... thought throughout the continent , namely , slavery . There is not a man of thought or of feeling but is concentrating his mind on it . There is not a clerk but recites its statistics ; not a politician but is watching its incalculable ...
... thought throughout the continent , namely , slavery . There is not a man of thought or of feeling but is concentrating his mind on it . There is not a clerk but recites its statistics ; not a politician but is watching its incalculable ...
Page 364
... thought they would be too much for me . We only had about twelve men [ the rest of the com- pany being , perhaps , on picket or other duty ] , and some of them have their heavy knapsacks and guns to carry , so could not carry any poles ...
... thought they would be too much for me . We only had about twelve men [ the rest of the com- pany being , perhaps , on picket or other duty ] , and some of them have their heavy knapsacks and guns to carry , so could not carry any poles ...
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