The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 177
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet ...
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet ...
Page 285
... behold is only an aspiration or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diag- nosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power . The intercourse of society , its trade , its reli- gion , its friendships ...
... behold is only an aspiration or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diag- nosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power . The intercourse of society , its trade , its reli- gion , its friendships ...
Page 332
... behold , all the mats and rubbish which had littered his garret become precious . Every triv- ial fact in his private biography becomes an illustration of this new principle , revisits the day , and delights all men by its piquancy and ...
... behold , all the mats and rubbish which had littered his garret become precious . Every triv- ial fact in his private biography becomes an illustration of this new principle , revisits the day , and delights all men by its piquancy and ...
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