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Literary Interpretations, Or, A Guide to the Teaching and Reading of ... - Page 174
1896 - 204 pages
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Anniversary Addresses

Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 530 pages
...modern times if it be true, as one said, that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of some man, as the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox, Methodism of Wesley, Abolition of Wilberforce," it is also true that the germ of the institution was the burning faith of the man. Wilberforce...
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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ...

1896 - 374 pages
...to follow his steps as a train of clients. A man Caesar1 is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow...that he is confounded with virtue and the possible 2 of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony;3...
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A History of Methodists in the United States

James Monroe Buckley - 1896 - 770 pages
...their fame, that without him Methodism had not been. Kmersnn discerned a1ul recognized this in saying: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as mo,nachism, of the Hermit Anthony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; abolition, of Clarkson....
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A History of Methodism in the United States, Volume 1

James Monroe Buckley - 1898 - 508 pages
...fame, that without him Methodism had not been. Emerson discerned and recognized this in saying : " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as monachism, of the Hermit Anthony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; abolition, of Clarkson....
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Elements of Rhetoric: A Course in Plain Prose Composition

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1898 - 426 pages
...omitted portion of a sentence. The various elements of dates, addresses, etc., are separated by commas. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man...Antony; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox. — EMERSON. The letter is dated September 6, 1897, and is addressed to William Scott, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania....
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Elements of Rhetoric: A Course in Plain Prose Composition

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1898 - 412 pages
...omitted portion of a sentence. The various elements of datec, addresses, etc., are separated by commas. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man...Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox.—EMERSON. The letter is dated September 6, 1897, and is addressed to William Scott, Pittsburg,...
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Essays. 1901

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...to follow his steps as a train of clients. A man Csesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow...Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called "the height oi Rome ;" and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest...
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History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...to follow his steps as a train of clients. A man Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his genius that 55 lie is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of...
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So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 64 pages
...seem to follow his steps as a procession. A man Caesar is born, and for ages after, we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow...institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio,...
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Essays, Volumes 1-2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pages
...follow his steps as a train of clients. • A man Csesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow...Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called "the height of Rome ; " andfall history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons.1)...
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