Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 61
Ralph Waldo Emerson. old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person . I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong ...
Page 75
... young men miscarry in their first enter- prises they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards ...
... young men miscarry in their first enter- prises they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards ...
Page 79
... young and joy- ful , million - orbed , million - colored , will beam over the univesre as on the first morning . 2. It is for want of self - culture that the super- stition of Travelling , whose idols are Italy , Eng- land , Egypt ...
... young and joy- ful , million - orbed , million - colored , will beam over the univesre as on the first morning . 2. It is for want of self - culture that the super- stition of Travelling , whose idols are Italy , Eng- land , Egypt ...
Page 86
... young patriot feels himself stronger than before by a new thousand of eyes and arms . In like manner the re- formers summon conventions and vote and resolve deign to enter and inhabit you , but by a in multitude . Not so O friends ...
... young patriot feels himself stronger than before by a new thousand of eyes and arms . In like manner the re- formers summon conventions and vote and resolve deign to enter and inhabit you , but by a in multitude . Not so O friends ...
Page 91
... young that on this subject life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught . The documents too from which the doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me ...
... young that on this subject life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught . The documents too from which the doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me ...
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