 These are traits, and measures, and modes; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops,— no, but the kind of man the country turns out.  Society and Solitude - Pagina 32di Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 269 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 312 pagine
...such joy as they give and such harm as they do. These are traits, and measures, and modes ; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor...kind of man the country turns out. I see the vast advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 304 pagine
...such harm as they do. These are traits, and measures, and modes ; and the true test of civilisation is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the...kind of man the country turns out. I see the vast advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Prosper de Haulleville - 1878 - 350 pagine
...wealthy and powerful nation from savages, or barbarians." "The true test of civilization," says Emerson, "is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the...— no, but the kind of man the country turns out. " "The superstition/' says Herbert Spencer, "that good behavior is to be forthwith produced by lessons... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 pagine
...such joy as they give and such harm as they do. These are traits, and measures, and modes ; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor...kind of man the country turns out. I see the vast advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Caroline Bigelow Le Row - 1882 - 222 pagine
...interests which the divinities honor and promote, justice, love, freedom, knowledge and utility. The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the...— no, but the kind of man the country turns out AST. A study of admirable works of art sharpens our perceptions of the beauties of Nature; a certain... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pagine
...such joy as they give and such harm as they do. These are traits, and measures, and modes ; and the world was on its knees to the " Times" Office, for its daily breakfast. But advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 328 pagine
...for such joy as they give and such harm as they do. These are traits and measures and modes ; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor...kind of man the country turns out. I see the vast advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 328 pagine
...for such joy as they give and such harm as they do. These are traits and measures and modes ; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor...kind of man the country turns out. I see the vast advantages of this country, spanning the breadth of the temperate zone. I see the immense material... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1882 - 412 pagine
...form of oath among the Shoshone Indians is, " The earth hears me. The sun hears me. Shall I lie ?" The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the...size of cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of a man the country turns out. — Emerson. The whole wide ether is the eagle's sway : The whole earth... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 390 pagine
...form of oath among the Shoshone Indians is, " The earth hears me. The sun hears me. Shall I lie ?" The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of a man the country turns out.—Emerson. The whole wide ether is the eagle's... | |
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