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" There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine... "
Works - Page 391
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
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Behaviour: a Manual of Manners and Morals

Thomas Low Nichols - 1874 - 256 pages
...the happy ways of doing things • each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and haidened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable; men catch them from each other. Consuelo...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 500 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior1? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is wrashed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...There is always a best way of doing everything. Manners are the happy ways of doing things ; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened...varnish with which the routine of life is washed, and ita details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning...
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American Prose: Hawthorne: Irving: Longfellow: Whittier: Holmes: Lowell ...

1880 - 444 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior ? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable ; men catch them from each other. Consuelo,...
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Education, Volume 41

1921 - 744 pages
...often-quoted definition of "manners" — "There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be but to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows." 2. Abstract of the Essay and Study of the Text. a. Introduction. (1)...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 3

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 504 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genins or of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with...
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American Prose: Hawthorne: Irving: Longfellow: Whittier: Holmes: Lowell ...

1880 - 516 pages
...thought enuring the hands and fcet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior ? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...Manners are the happy ways of doing things ; each once a strcke of genius or of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish,...
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The Conduct of Life, and Society and Solitude

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 558 pages
...speech and behaviour 1 ^ /There is always a best way of doing everything, if it bo to boil an egg. j Manners are the happy ways of doing things ; each...superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable : men catch them from each other. Consuelo,...
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Works, Volume 6

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 330 pages
...There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. ([Manners are the happy way of doing things; each, once a stroke of genius or...details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew drops which f <r give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable ; men...
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Complete Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 320 pages
...There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy way of doing things ; each, once a stroke of genius or...details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable ; men catch...
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