The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 141
... tion , or the mode in which the general soul in- carnates itself in him . He inclines to do some- thing which is easy to him and good when it is done , but which no other man can do . He has no rival . For the more truly he consults his ...
... tion , or the mode in which the general soul in- carnates itself in him . He inclines to do some- thing which is easy to him and good when it is done , but which no other man can do . He has no rival . For the more truly he consults his ...
Page 363
... tion is past . The real value of the Iliad or the Transfiguration is as signs of power ; billows or ripples they are of the stream of tendency ; tokens of the everlasting effort to produce , which even in its worst estate the soul ...
... tion is past . The real value of the Iliad or the Transfiguration is as signs of power ; billows or ripples they are of the stream of tendency ; tokens of the everlasting effort to produce , which even in its worst estate the soul ...
Page 405
... tion of Alexander to conquer the East , but returned to Elis and became a priest . " He held that the only condition wor- thy of a philosopher was that of suspended judgment . Virtu- us imperturbability was the highest aim of life , but ...
... tion of Alexander to conquer the East , but returned to Elis and became a priest . " He held that the only condition wor- thy of a philosopher was that of suspended judgment . Virtu- us imperturbability was the highest aim of life , but ...
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