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" If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith, let us at least resist our temptations; let us enter into the state of war, and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done in our smooth times... "
The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America - Page 164
by Fredrika Bremer - 1853
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Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past ...

Constance M. Whishaw - 1908 - 402 pages
...of the essence of temptation that it should come on us unawares." Pastor Pastorum, HENRY LATHAM. " IF we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience...and faith, let us at least resist our temptations." EMERSON. 144 Sin MAY 24 "WE judge of sins, as we judge of most things, by their outward form. We arrange...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 5

1909 - 540 pages
...annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. " What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of...let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done in our smooth times by speaking...
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Essays and English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. " What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of...let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done in our smooth times by speaking...
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Intermediate and Grammar Methods: A Series of Practical Home ..., Volume 1

William Francis Rocheleau - 1909 - 430 pages
...allusions and the study of their force that we may give our pupils most assistance. When Emerson says, " If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith, let us at least resist temptations; let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden," we quickly notice the allusion...
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. "What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love. " 30. If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience 30 and faith, let us at least resist...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. " What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of...cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and 25 faith, let us at least resist our temptations ; let us enter into the state of war, and wake Thor...
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Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With Annotations, Volume 5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 612 pages
...about him. He comes too near by my act, not otherwise. Remember the great sentiment, "What we love that we have, but by Desire we bereave ourselves of the love," which Schiller said, or said the like. I must be myself.1 . . . I do with my friends as I do with books.*...
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Readings from American Literature: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges

Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. " What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of...us enter into the state of war, and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done in our smooth times by speaking...
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Emerson's Essays on Manners, Self-reliance, Compensation, Nature, Friendship

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. "What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love." 25 If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith, let us at least resist our temptations,...
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English and Engineering

Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 pages
...annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. " What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of...let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done in our smooth times by speaking...
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