The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 251
... highest deed , and is not open to the censure of philosophers or divines . It is the avowal of the unschooled man that he finds a quality in him that is negligent of expense , of health , of life , of danger , of hatred , of reproach ...
... highest deed , and is not open to the censure of philosophers or divines . It is the avowal of the unschooled man that he finds a quality in him that is negligent of expense , of health , of life , of danger , of hatred , of reproach ...
Page 292
... highest compliment you can pay . Their " highest praising , " said Milton , " is not flattery , and their plainest advice is a kind . of praising . " Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul . The simplest person ...
... highest compliment you can pay . Their " highest praising , " said Milton , " is not flattery , and their plainest advice is a kind . of praising . " Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul . The simplest person ...
Page 358
... highest art , — that they are uni- versally intelligible ; that they restore to us the simplest states of mind , and are religious . Since what skill is therein shown is the reappearance of the original soul , a jet of pure light , it ...
... highest art , — that they are uni- versally intelligible ; that they restore to us the simplest states of mind , and are religious . Since what skill is therein shown is the reappearance of the original soul , a jet of pure light , it ...
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