The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with gray beards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
... genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with gray beards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and far back in the womb of things sees the rays parting from one orb , that diverge ...
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... Genius should be the child of genius and every child should be inspired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half- lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts itself to ...
... Genius should be the child of genius and every child should be inspired ; but now it is not to be predicted of any child , and nowhere is it pure . We call partial half- lights , by courtesy , genius ; talent which con- verts itself to ...
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... genius and religion . " A man , " said Oliver Cromwell , " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going . " Dreams and drunkenness , the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and coun- terfeit of this oracular genius ...
... genius and religion . " A man , " said Oliver Cromwell , " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going . " Dreams and drunkenness , the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and coun- terfeit of this oracular genius ...
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