The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... Fireside Edition, 7. kötet |
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16. oldal
... lands or his rents , but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ration . His products are as needful as those of the baker or the weaver . Society cannot do without ...
... lands or his rents , but the power to charm the disguised soul that sits veiled under this bearded and that rosy visage is his rent and ration . His products are as needful as those of the baker or the weaver . Society cannot do without ...
26. oldal
... land , for these people will dwell in it . ' " Another success is the post - office , with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentiment in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of ...
... land , for these people will dwell in it . ' " Another success is the post - office , with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentiment in mankind ; so that the power of a wafer or a drop of ...
35. oldal
... land , and see how little the government has to do with their daily life , how self - helped and self - directed all families are , knots of men in purely natural societies , so- cieties of trade , of kindred blood , of habitual hos ...
... land , and see how little the government has to do with their daily life , how self - helped and self - directed all families are , knots of men in purely natural societies , so- cieties of trade , of kindred blood , of habitual hos ...
37. oldal
... than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on se- curing the greatest good of the greatest number . ART . ART . - ALL departments of life at CIVILIZATION . 37.
... than of the tillage of land . And the highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on se- curing the greatest good of the greatest number . ART . ART . - ALL departments of life at CIVILIZATION . 37.
49. oldal
... land- scape around it , its grouping with the houses , trees , and towers in its vicinity . The pleasure of elo- quence is in greatest part owing often to the stim- ulus of the occasion which produces it , to the magic of sympathy ...
... land- scape around it , its grouping with the houses , trees , and towers in its vicinity . The pleasure of elo- quence is in greatest part owing often to the stim- ulus of the occasion which produces it , to the magic of sympathy ...
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234. oldal - Ah Ben ! Say how or .when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine.
188. oldal - The mathematics and the metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you ; No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en : In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
168. oldal - One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
187. oldal - T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing can be preserved which is not good; and I know beforehand that Pindar, Martial, Terence, Galen, Kepler, Galileo, Bacon, Erasmus, More, will be superior to the average intellect.
221. oldal - One lesson we learn early, — that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. "VVe readily assume this with our mates, and are disappointed and angry if we find that we are premature, and that their watches are slower than ours. In fact the only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion. We know beforehand that yonder man must think as we do. Has he not two hands, — two feet, — hair and nails? Does he not eat, — bleed, — laugh, — cry ? His dissent...
281. oldal - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower...
260. oldal - Have the courage not to adopt another'? courage. There is scope and cause and resistance enough for us in our proper work and circumstance. And there is no creed of an honest man, be he Christian, Turk, or Gentoo, which does not equally preach it.
263. oldal - Nidiver stood still And looked him in the face; The wild beast stopped amazed, Then came with slackening pace. Still firm the hunter stood, Although his heart beat high; Again the creature stopped, And gazed with wondering eye. The hunter met his gaze, Nor yet an inch gave way; The bear turned slowly round, And slowly moved away. What thoughts were in his mind It would be hard to spell: What thoughts were in George Nidiver I rather guess than tell. But sure that rifle's aim, Swift choice of generous...
74. oldal - When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Philip of Macedon said of Demosthenes, on hearing the report of one of his orations, " Had I been there, he would have persuaded me to take up arms against myself
169. oldal - Do not refuse the employment which the hour brings you, for one more ambitious. The highest heaven of wisdom is alike near from every point, and thou must find it, if at all, by methods native to thyself alone. That work is ever the more pleasant to the imagination which is not now required. How wistfully, when we have promised to attend the working committee, we look at the distant hills and their seductions! The use of history is to give value to the present hour and its duty.