The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 120
... . The soul is not a compensation , but a life . The soul is . Under all this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of real Being . Essence , 120 COMPENSATION.
... . The soul is not a compensation , but a life . The soul is . Under all this running sea of circumstance , whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance , lies the aboriginal abyss of real Being . Essence , 120 COMPENSATION.
Page 184
... perfect unit . The soul is wholly embodied , and the body is wholly ensouled : - " Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and so distinctly wrought , That one might almost say her body thought . " Romeo , if dead , should be ...
... perfect unit . The soul is wholly embodied , and the body is wholly ensouled : - " Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks , and so distinctly wrought , That one might almost say her body thought . " Romeo , if dead , should be ...
Page 396
... perfect ? It holds , as far as we can see , different gifts to different individuals , but with a mortgage of responsibility on every one . The gods sell all things . ' Well , old man , hast got no farther ? Why , this was taught thee ...
... perfect ? It holds , as far as we can see , different gifts to different individuals , but with a mortgage of responsibility on every one . The gods sell all things . ' Well , old man , hast got no farther ? Why , this was taught thee ...
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