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Chapter X · Chapter 10

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Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.
Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.
* * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our handsthe uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.
No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.
The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.
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Essays and Lectures

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Essays and Lectures is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.
Line 2
Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.
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* * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our handsthe uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.
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No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.
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The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

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a

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

accomplishments

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

again

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

America

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

and

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

any

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

art

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

as

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

ask

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

basis

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

be

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

beautiful

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

believe

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

brilliant

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

but

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

can

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

conqueror

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

craft

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

culture

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

do

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

domestic

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

done

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

each

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

Emerson

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

England

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

Epaminondas

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

for

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

from

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

girls

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

go

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

hands

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

have

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

heroism

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

higher

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

I

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

impression

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

in

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

labour

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

loss

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

make

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

me

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

mechanical

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

men

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

might

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

more

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

most

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

must

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

No

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

not

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

Now

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

of

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

on

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

one

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

or

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

our

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

out

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

people's

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

power

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

practise

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

road

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

said

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

says

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

seems

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

seer

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

separation

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

some

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

something

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

swamp

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

that

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

the

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

things

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

think

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

to

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

truth

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

unpractical

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

us

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

uselessness

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

village

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

want

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

we

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

Well

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

which

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

will

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From this reading Well, we have done something in England and we will do something more.

without

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From this reading ‘No separation from labour can be without some loss of power or truth to the seer,’ says Emerson again.

work

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From this reading * * * * * We must have, as Emerson said, a mechanical craft for our culture, a basis for our higher accomplishments in the work of our hands—the uselessness of most people’s hands seems to me one of the most unpractical things.

would

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From this reading The heroism which would make on us the impression of Epaminondas must be that of a domestic conqueror.

you

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

young

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

your

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From this reading Now, I do not want you, believe me, to ask your brilliant young men, your beautiful young girls, to go out and make a road on a swamp for any village in America, but I think you might each of you have some art to practise.

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