The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 12
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
Page 103
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preƫxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . ' - to Whilst thus the world will be whole and re- fuses to ...
... Cause and effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preƫxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . ' - to Whilst thus the world will be whole and re- fuses to ...
Page 184
... Cause and effect , real affinities , the longing for harmony between the soul and the circumstance , the progressive , idealizing instinct , predominate later , and the step backward from the higher to the lower relations is impossible ...
... Cause and effect , real affinities , the longing for harmony between the soul and the circumstance , the progressive , idealizing instinct , predominate later , and the step backward from the higher to the lower relations is impossible ...
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