Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Church and State regulating the relations between civil and
ecclesiastical powers.] [Footnote 419: The pope. Pope Pius VII.] [Footnote 420: Madame de Staƫl. (See note 361.)] [Footnote 421: Mr. Hazlitt. William Hazlitt, an English writer.] [Footnote 422: Montaigne. A French essayist of the sixteenth century.] [Footnote 423: The hint of tranquillity and self-poise. It is suggested that Emerson had here in mind a favorite passage of the German author, Richter, in which Richter says of the Greek statues: "The repose not of weariness but of perfection looks from their eyes and rests upon their lips."] [Footnote 424: A Chinese etiquette. What does Emerson mean by this expression?] [Footnote 425: Recall. In the first edition, Emerson had here the word "signify." Which is the better word and why?] [Footnote 426: Measure. What meaning has this word here? Is this the sense in which we generally use it?] [Footnote 427: Creole natures. What is a creole? What does Emerson mean by "Creole natures"?] [Footnote 428: Mr. Fox. Charles James Fox, an English statesman and |
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