Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily LivingRichard Whelan Harmony/Rodale, 1991 M11 5 - 208 pages A finely honed abridgement of Emerson's principal essays with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers. |
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Page 49
... falls . When the fruit is dispatched , the leaf falls . The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out , and thoroughly knows how knowl- edge is acquired and ...
... falls . When the fruit is dispatched , the leaf falls . The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out , and thoroughly knows how knowl- edge is acquired and ...
Page 59
... falling back on our better thoughts , by yielding to the spirit of prophecy which is innate in every man , we can know what it saith . I dare not speak for it . My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short and cold . Only ...
... falling back on our better thoughts , by yielding to the spirit of prophecy which is innate in every man , we can know what it saith . I dare not speak for it . My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short and cold . Only ...
Page 148
... fall out of that rapture , bethink us where we have been , what we have seen , and repeat , as truly as we can , what we have beheld . As far as we can recall these ecstasies , we carry away in the ineffaceable memory the result , and ...
... fall out of that rapture , bethink us where we have been , what we have seen , and repeat , as truly as we can , what we have beheld . As far as we can recall these ecstasies , we carry away in the ineffaceable memory the result , and ...
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