 Kingdom and lordship, power and estate, are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both; the sum total of both is the same. Why all this deference to Alfred and...  Essays - 第 63 頁Ralph Waldo Emerson 著 - 1841 - 371 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Anita Haya Patterson - 1997 - 268 頁
...Edward in a small house and a common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both. . . . Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg,...they wear out virtue? As great a stake depends on our private act to-day, as followed their public and renowned steps. When private men shall act with... | |
 | Joel Myerson - 1997 - 310 頁
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work: but the things of life are the same to both: the sum total of both...the same. Why all this deference to Alfred . . . and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous: did they wear out virtue? As great a stake depends on your private... | |
 | Joel Myerson - 2000 - 336 頁
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work: but the things of life are the same to both: the sum total of both...the same. Why all this deference to Alfred . . . and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous: did they wear out virtue? As great a stake depends on your private... | |
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