The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 103
... 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 be ...
... 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 be ...
Page 153
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
Page 364
... effect . It was originally a useful art , a mode of writing , a savage's record of gratitude or devo- tion , and among a people possessed of a won- derful perception of form this childish carving was refined to the utmost splendor of effect ...
... effect . It was originally a useful art , a mode of writing , a savage's record of gratitude or devo- tion , and among a people possessed of a won- derful perception of form this childish carving was refined to the utmost splendor of effect ...
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action Amadis de Gaul appear beauty behold better Bonduca Boston character circle conversation divine doctrine earth Emerson Epaminondas essay eternal evil experience fact fear feel friendship genius George Willis Cooke give hand heart heaven Heraclitus Heroism hour human intellect John Sterling lecture less light live look man's ment mind moral nature ness never noble object Over-Soul painted pass Perceforest perfect persons Phidias Phocion Plato pleasure Plotinus Plutarch Poems poet poetry Polycrates present prudence Ralph Waldo Emerson relations religion Richard Garnett sculpture secret seems sense Shakspeare society Sophocles soul speak spirit stand sweet Synesius talent teach thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth ture universal virtue whilst whole William Ellery Channing wisdom words write Xenophon young youth