The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 65
... divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to inter- pose helps . It must be that when God speak- eth he should communicate , not one thing , but - - all things ; should fill the world with II SELF - RELIANCE 65.
... divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to inter- pose helps . It must be that when God speak- eth he should communicate , not one thing , but - - all things ; should fill the world with II SELF - RELIANCE 65.
Page 73
... seek to deserve that you should . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart appoints . If you are noble ...
... seek to deserve that you should . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart appoints . If you are noble ...
Page 105
... seek to separate them from the whole . We can no more halve things and get the sensual good , by itself , than we can get an inside that shall have no outside , or a light without a shadow . " Drive out Nature with a fork , she comes ...
... seek to separate them from the whole . We can no more halve things and get the sensual good , by itself , than we can get an inside that shall have no outside , or a light without a shadow . " Drive out Nature with a fork , she comes ...
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