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" For every stoic was a stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater men are now than ever were. A singular equality may be observed between the great... "
Massachusetts Quarterly Review - Page 226
1849
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...libraries overload wit, etc. ? What made a man a stoic ? Do you think every stoic was equally stoical ? calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind....stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? 47. There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...heal as if you struck the blow into soft pitch, and the same blow shall send the white to his grave. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost...stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be...Stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity intrenched in establishments and forms, some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic ; but in Christendom, where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian 1 There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be...Stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be...Stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater...
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